Cellular distributions and functions of histamine, octopamine, and serotonin in the peripheral visual system, brain, and circumesophageal ring of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 70-80

  Battelle, B A ^a   Calman, B G ^a   Hart, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Circadian rhythms; Histamine; Neuromodulation; Octopamine; Photoreceptors; Retina; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; NEURONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SHELLFISH; VISION;

BIOGENIC AMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; HISTAMINES; NEUROMODULATION; OCTOPAMINE; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; SEROTONIN; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

AMINES;

HISTAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMULUS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0033081108     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990115/01)44:2/3<70::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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