Three-dimensional computer-aided reconstruction of FMRFamide immunopositive neuron distribution in the ventral ganglion of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia, Crustacea)

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-104

  Gallus, L ^a   Diaspro, A ^a   Beltrame, F ^a   Fato, M ^a   Tagliafierro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptides; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AMPHITRITE; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; THORACICA;

PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GANGLION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; FMRFAMIDE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEURONS;

EID: 0035224035     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1618     Document Type: Article

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