INSULIN-, GASTRIN-, PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVE NEURONS IN THE BRAIN OF THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI
- 31 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Biomedical Research Press in Biomedical Research
- Vol. 1 (1), 42-46
- https://doi.org/10.2220/biomedres.1.42
Abstract
In adult and larval silkworm, B. mori occurrence and the distribution of neurons containing gastroenteropancreatic hormone-related peptides were studied by immunohistochemistry. Insulin-like immunoreactivity was found in 8 large neurons in the brain, and insulin-positive nerve fibers originating from them were demonstrated to reach the corpus cardiacum and corpus allatum. Gastrin-like immunoreactivity occurred in 10 or more neurons in the brain and in 2 large neurons in the prothoracic ganglion. Pancreatic polypeptide-like immunoreactivity was found in 6 small neurons in the brain.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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