Colocalisation of taurine- with transmitter-immunoreactivities in the nervous system of the migratory locust

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-96

  Stevenson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA); Immunocytochemistry; Neurosecretory cells; Octopamine; RFamide like peptide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ARGININE; OCTOPAMINE; PHENYLALANINE; TAURINE;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLYING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OCTOPAMINE; TAURINE;

EID: 0033081258     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990201)404:1<86::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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