Direct injection of venom by a predatory wasp into cockroach brain

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Haspel, Gal ^a   Rosenberg, Lior Ann ^a   Libersat, Frederic ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ampulex compressa; Central complex; Mushroom bodies; Neurotoxins; Stinging behavior; Subesophageal ganglion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 14; NEUROTOXIN; VENOM;

AMPULEX COMPRESSA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT STING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LETHARGY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCKROACHES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 0041663283     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10238     Document Type: Article

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