title: A comparative study of the histology of the neurosecretory system of some orthopteran insects.
abstract: Variability of the total number of type A median neurosecretory cells in the protocerebrum was studied in Micapoda elongata Linn., Elima securigera Brunn., Holochlora indica Kirby, Neoconocephalus pallidus Reclt., Latana inflata Brunn., Gryllotalpa africana Chopard, Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, Chrotogonus oxypterus Blanchard, Aeolopus affinis Bol., Spathosternum prasiniferum Walker, Hieroglyphus furcifer Ser., Acrida exaltata Walker, Altrastomorpha cranulata Fab., Pyrgomorpha bispinosa Walker, Cyrtacanthacris ranacea Stoll and Poecilocerus pictus Fab. In all these species the corporata allata are paired.
authors.forename: U S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Roy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology*