The Central Projection of Cephalic Mechanosensory Axons in the Haematophagous Bug Triatoma infestans

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-388

  Insausti, Teresita C ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease vectors; Mechanoreceptors; Neuroanatomy; Triatoma

Indexed keywords

TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

COBALT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIATOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; COBALT; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0034181986     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000300014     Document Type: Article

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