Neuroarchitecture of the arcuate body in the brain of the spider Cupiennius salei (Araneae, Chelicerata) revealed by allatostatin-, proctolin-, and CCAP-immunocytochemistry and its evolutionary implications

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-220

  Loesel, Rudi ^a   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^b   Bräunig, Peter ^a   Agricola, Hans Jürgen ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod brain evolution; Camera Lucida reconstructions; Central nervous system anatomy; Neuroactive substances; Neurophylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; CRUSTACEAN CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROCTOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE ENDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CALCITONIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPIDERS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; CTENIDAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI;

EID: 79958782917     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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