The nitrergic nervous system in flatworms

Helminthologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-85

  Gustafsson, M K S ^a   Gaivoronskaja, T V ^b   Terenina, N B ^b   Tolstenkov, O O ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diphyllobothrium dendriticure; Fasciola hepatica; Nitrergic nerves

Indexed keywords

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM DENDRITICUM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0042569087     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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