Neuromusculature of Macrogyrodactylus clarii, a monogenean gill parasite of the Nile catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egypt

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-175

  El Naggar, M M ^a   Arafa, S Z ^a   El Abbassy, S A ^a   Stewart, M T ^b   Halton, D W ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHALLOIDIN; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CATFISH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGYPT; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GILL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CLARII; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EGYPT; FMRFAMIDE; GILLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLATYHELMINTHS; SEROTONIN;

CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; MACROGYRODACTYLUS; MONOGENEA;

EID: 5644300574     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1198-1     Document Type: Article

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