Ultrastructural analysis of neurosecretory cells in the antennae of the mosquito, Culex salinarius (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 17-25

  Meola, Shirlee M ^a   Sittertz Bhatkar, Helga ^b   Pendleton, Michael W ^a   Meola, Roger W ^b   Knight, William P ^b   Olson, Jimmy ^b  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensilla; Neurohormones; Peptide; Sensory neurons; Tachykinin

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CULEX; MOSQUITO; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034130604     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:14:1-2:017     Document Type: Article

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