The ring nerve of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-157

  Garm, A ^a   Poussart, Y ^b   Parkefelt, L ^a   Ekstrom P ^a   Nilsson, D E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora (Cnidaria); Central nervous system; Cubozoa; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Neurite morphology; Ring nerve; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL COUNT; CELL VACUOLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JELLYFISH; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CUBOZOA; NEURITES; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SYNAPSES;

CNIDARIA; CUBOZOA; RHOPALIA; TRIPEDALIA CYSTOPHORA;

EID: 34247634606     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0393-7     Document Type: Article

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