Structure of ocellus photoreceptors in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis larva as revealed by an anti-arrestin antibody

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-250

  Horie, Takeo ^a   Orii, Hidefumi ^a   Nakagawa, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrestin; Ascidian larva; Development; Immunohistochemistry; Neural network plasticity; Photoreceptor cells; Photoresponse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARRESTIN ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HATCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARRESTIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744572078     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20197     Document Type: Article

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