Building the central complex of the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria: axons pioneering the w, x, y, z tracts project onto the primary commissural fascicle of the brain

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Williams, J L D ^a   Boyan, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon scaffold; Embryo; Insect; Midbrain; Tracts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRASSHOPPER; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; LARVA;

HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 36649025478     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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