A single allatostatin-immunoreactive neuron innervates skeletal muscles of several segments in the locust

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 507-519

  Kreissl, Sabine ^a   Schulte, Claudia C ^a,c   Agricola, Hans Jürgen ^b   Rathmayer, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Identified motor neuron; Insect nervous system; Locusta migratoria; Neuromodulation; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUST; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0033231844     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991101)413:4<507::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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