Localization of leucomyosuppressin in the brain and circadian clock of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-452

  Söhler, Sandra ^a   Neupert, Susanne ^b   Predel, Reinhard ^b   Nichols, Ruthann ^c   Stengl, Monika ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory medulla; Circadian rhythm; Cockroach, Leucophaea maderae (Insecta); FMRFamides; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Neuropeptide function

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; LEUCOMYOSUPPRESSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE;

EID: 33947407249     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0338-6     Document Type: Article

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