Serotonin in the morphogenesis of ascidian nervous system

Caryologia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-379

  De Bernardi, Fiorenza ^a   Pennati, Roberta ^a   Candiani, Simona ^b   Zega, Giuliana ^a   Groppelli, Silvia ^a   Pestarino, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aplousobranchia; Ciona intestinalis; Nervous system development; Neurotransmitters; Phlebobranchia; Serotonin; Stolidobranchia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APLOUSOBRANCHIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; PHLEBOBRANCHIA; STOLIDOBRANCHIA;

EID: 65449121172     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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