Serotonin in the nervous system of the head region of the land planarian Bipalium kewense

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-486

  Fernandes, M C ^a,b   Alvares, E P ^a   Gama, P ^a   Silveira, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Federal Faculty Foundation of Medical Sciences of Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cephalic ganglion; Immunohistochemistry; Land planaria; Nervous system; Plathelminthes; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON; HEAD; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TURBELLARIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIPALIUM; BIPALIUM KEWENSE; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0242690494     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(03)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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