Prominent system of RFamide immunoreactive neurons in the rhopalia of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 516, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Parkefelt, Linda ^a   Ekström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carybdea marsupialis; Eyes; Nervous system; Tripedalia cystophoram; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CARYBDEA MARSUPIALIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COELENTERATE; CUBOZOA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDUSA; NEURITE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIPEDALIA CYSTOPHORA; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CUBOZOA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 69449101257     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22072     Document Type: Article

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