Motoneurons, DUM cells, and sensory neurons in an insect thoracic ganglion: A tracing study in the stick insect Carausius morosus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-257

  Goldammer, Jens ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a   Schmidt, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backfill; Confocal microscopy; Neuroanatomy; Stick insect

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DENDRITE; DORSAL UNPAIRED MEDIAN CELL; FEMALE; GANGLION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; MESOTHORACIC GANGLION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTS; MOTOR NEURONS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBULIN;

EID: 82355170663     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22676     Document Type: Article

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