Comparative analysis of deutocerebral neuropils in Chilopoda (Myriapoda): implications for the evolution of the arthropod olfactory system and support for the Mandibulata concept

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sombke, Andy ^a,b   Lipke, Elisabeth ^a,c   Kenning, Matthes ^a   Müller, Carsten H G ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^b   Harzsch, Steffen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT; BIOTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROBIOTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CRUSTACEA; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PLASTICITY; SENSORY CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTIN; BRAIN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROPIL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 84855218266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-1     Document Type: Article

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