Patterns of PERIOD and pigment-dispersing hormone immunoreactivity in the brain of the European honeybee (Apis mellifera): Age- and time-related plasticity

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-284

  Bloch, Guy ^a   Solomon, Sonya M ^b   Robinson, Gene E ^b   Fahrbach, Susan E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory medulla; Apis mellifera; Circadian rhythms

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PERIOD PROTEIN; PIGMENT DISPERSING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTENNA; ANTHERAEA PERNYI; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS REACTION; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SILKWORM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPTIC LOBE; PEPTIDES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0043233077     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10778     Document Type: Article

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