Distribution of serotonin in the central nervous system of the blood-feeding heteropteran, Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Settembrini, Beatriz P ^a,b   Villar, Marcelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Chagas' disease; Insect; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPIL; OPTIC LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIATOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OPTIC LOBE; SEROTONIN; TRIATOMA;

GLOMERULUS; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 1842635148     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10211     Document Type: Article

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