Neuroanatomical relations of prothoracicotropic hormone neurons with the circadian timekeeping system in the brain of larval and adult Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 503, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-524

  Vafopoulou, Xanthe ^a   Steel, Colin G H ^a   Terry, Katherine L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clock; Development; Hormone rhythm; Insect; Lateral neurons; PDF

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PER; PROTEIN PIGMENT DISPERSING FACTOR; PROTEIN TIM; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIPTERA; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHODNIUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMIPTERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 34447319157     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21393     Document Type: Article

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