Histamine in the brain of insects: A review

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 121-136

  Nässel, Dick R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Histamine receptor; Insect central nervous system; Monoamine; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; VISION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DROSOPHILLA; G PROTEIN; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; HISTAMINES; INSECT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MONOAMINE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL;

NEURONS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCKROACH; DROSOPHILA; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCUST; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BLATTARIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2542509911     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990115/01)44:2/3<121::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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