The circadian timing system in the brain of the fifth larval instar of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1264-1282

  Vafopoulou, Xanthe ^a   Terry, Katherine L ^a   Steel, Colin G H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clock; Insect; Lateral neurons; Neuroarchitecture; PDF; Period; Timeless; Timing network

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PER; PROTEIN TIMELESS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HEMIPTERA; HORMONE RELEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RHODNIUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949382879     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22274     Document Type: Article

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