Orcokinin immunoreactivity in the accessory medulla of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 589-600

  Hofer, Sabine ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Circadian rhythms; Cockroach, Leucophaea maderae (Insecta); Immunocytochemistry; Peptides; Pigment dispersing hormone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; ORCOKININ; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PIGMENT; PIGMENT DISPERSING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY MEDULLA; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BLATTARIA; CRUSTACEA; INSECTA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE;

EID: 33746393247     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0155-y     Document Type: Article

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