First description of the serotonergic nervous system in a bdelloid rotifer: Macrotrachela quadricornifera Milne 1886 (Philodinidae)

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Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Leasi, Francesca ^a   Pennati, Roberta ^a   Ricci, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bdelloidea; Immunohistochemistry; Nervous system; Rotifera; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BIOCHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; INHIBITOR; INVERTEBRATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARTHENOGENESIS;

BDELLOIDA; BDELLOIDEA (ROTIFERA); MACROTRACHELA QUADRICORNIFERA; MONOGONONTA; PHILODINIDAE; ROTIFERA;

EID: 59049106735     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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