NO nerves and their targets in a tapeworm: An immunocytochemical study of cGMP in Hymenolepis diminuta

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-152

  Gustafsson, Margaretha K S ^a   Terenina, Nadezhda B ^b   Reuter, Maria ^a   Movsessian, Sergei O ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; PHALLOIDIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; WORM TEGUMENT;

CATOSTOMIDAE; CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA;

EID: 0037534099     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0826-5     Document Type: Article

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