The nervous system of Procerodes littoralis (Maricola, Tricladida). An ultrastructural and immunoelectron microscopical study

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Mäntylä, Katja ^a   Reuter, Maria ^a   Halton, David W ^b   Maule, Aaron G ^b   Brennan, Gerard P ^b   Shaw, Chris ^b   Gustafsson, Margaretha K S ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; TURBELLARIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

INVERTEBRATA; MARICOLA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROCERODES LITTORALIS; PROSERIATA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0345698725     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1998.tb01137.x     Document Type: Article

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