Tyramine as an independent transmitter and a precursor of octopamine in the locust central nervous system: An immunocytochemical study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-452

  Kononenko, Natalia L ^a,b   Wolfenberg, Heike ^a   Pflüger, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biogenic amines; Insect; Neuromodulation; Neuron compartmentalization; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

OCTOPAMINE; TYRAMINE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUST; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STELLATE GANGLION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OCTOPAMINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TYRAMINE;

EID: 59649086988     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21911     Document Type: Article

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