Neuromusculature of Gyrodactylus rysavyi, a monogenean gill and skin parasite of the catfish Clarias gariepinus

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-307

  Arafa, Safaa Z ^a   El Naggar, Mohammed M ^a   El Abbassy, Samir A ^a   Stewart, Michael T ^b   Halton, David W ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catfish; Clarias gariepinus; Freshwater; Gyrodactylus rysavyi; Monogenea; Neuromusculature

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PHALLOIDIN; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN GANGLION; CATFISH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GILL; GYRODACTYLUS RYSAVYI; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; MALE; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; GYRODACTYLUS RYSAVYI; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CLARII; MONOGENEA;

EID: 34548552431     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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