Corazonin and corazonin-like substances in the central nervous system of the Pterygote and Apterygote insects

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-406

  Roller, Ladislav ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a Inst of Insect and Animal Sciences   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Corazonin; Dark color inducing activity Insecta (10 species); Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

CORAZONIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOMALA CUPREA; ARGE NIGRINODOSA; ARTICLE; ATHALIA ROSAE; BEETLE; BOMBYX MORI]; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLEOPTERA; COLOR; CTENOLEPISMA LINEATA; GANGLION; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSECT; INTERNEURON; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCUST; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; OXYA YEZOENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

ANIMALIA; ANOMALA CUPREA; ARACHNIDA; ARGE; ATHALIA ROSAE; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; COLEOPTERA; CTENOLEPISMA; CTENOLEPISMA LINEATA; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA; OXYA; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS; THYSANURA;

EID: 0037560184     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0722-4     Document Type: Article

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