NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the thoracic ganglia of locusts, crickets, and cockroaches: Species differences and the impact of fixation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-397

  Ott, Swidbert R ^a   Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afferent neurone; DUM neurone; Insect nervous system; Mechanoreception; Motor neurone; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL GANGLION; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; GRYLLIDAE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPLANETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033517162     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990802)410:3<387::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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