The effect of a static magnetic field on the morphometric characteristics of neurosecretory neurons and corpora allata in the pupae of yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor (Tenebrionidae)

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Perić Mataruga, Vesna ^a   Prolić, Zlatko ^a   Nenadović, Vera ^a   Vlahović, Milena ^a   Mrdaković, Marija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

320 mT; Late pupae; Protocerebral neurons

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS ALLATUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); STAINING; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; WORM;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORPORA ALLATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PUPA; STAINING AND LABELING; TENEBRIO; TIME FACTORS;

TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 38849186617     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000701797047     Document Type: Article

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