Evolution of the arthropod neuromuscular system. 1. Arrangement of muscles and innervation in the walking legs of a scorpion: Vaejovis spinigerus (Wood, 1863) Vaejovidae, Scorpiones, Arachnida

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-202

  Wolf, Harald ^a   Harzsch, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATPase; Coxa; Endopodite; GABA; Inhibitory motoneuron; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANATOMY; ARACHNID; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEG; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SCORPION; WALKING;

EID: 0036895303     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(02)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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