Organization of the nervous system in the model planarian Schmidtea mediterranea: An immunocytochemical study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Cebrià, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; GYRFamide; Nervous system; Neuropeptide F; Planarian; Regeneration; Schmidtea mediterranea; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; ANTIBODY; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE FF; SEROTONIN; SYNAPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TURBELLARIA; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEROTONIN;

EID: 45449083025     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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