A Contribution to the functional morphology of the femoral chordotonal organ in the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 291-296

  Lipovsek S ^a,c   Devetak, D ^a   Strus J ^a,b   Pabst, M A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Institute of Histology and Embryology   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOPERLA CARNEA; CHRYSOPIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0642302936     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2003.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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