Anatomy and development of the larval nervous system in Echinococcus multilocularis

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Koziol, Uriel ^a,b   Krohne, Georg ^a   Brehm, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acetylated tubulin; Echinococcus; Metacestode; Nervous system; Neuropeptide; Protoscolex; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; INVERTEBRATA; RODENTIA; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 84876975291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-24     Document Type: Article

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