Patterns of dye coupling involving serotonergic neurons provide insights into the cellular organization of a central complex lineage of the embryonic grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 220, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 297-313

  Boyan, George ^a   Niederleitner, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central complex; Dye coupling; Embryo; Insect; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; HEPTANOL; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRASSHOPPER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROBLAST; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; GRASSHOPPERS; HEPTANOL; NEURONS; SEROTONIN;

HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 79953281848     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-010-0348-y     Document Type: Article

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