Localization of cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of Triatoma infestans (Insecta: Heteroptera)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-60

  Settembrini, Beatriz P ^a,b   Galvani, Gerónimo L ^b   Villar, Marcelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CCK; Chagas' disease; Immunocytochemistry; Insect; Insect central nervous system

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY MOLECULE; CHOLECYSTOKININ LIKE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; HETEROPTERA; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE ROOT; NEURITE; NEUROMERE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PERIKARYON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 37349046433     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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