Metamorphosis of a clock: Remodeling of the circadian timing system in the brain of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera) during larval-adult development

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1146-1164

  Vafopoulou, Xanthe ^a   Steel, Colin G H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Ecdysteroids; Insect; Lateral neurons; Neural remodeling; Neuroarchitecture; PDF; Timing network

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PER1 PROTEIN; PIGMENT DISPERSING HORMONE BETA; PROTEIN TIMELESS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS ALLATUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RHODNIUS;

EID: 84856738355     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22743     Document Type: Article

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