Transmitter substances in insects: A review

Comparative and General Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1971, Pages 347-371

  Pitman, Robert M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; acetylcholine; adrenaline; Blaberus craniifer; Blatta orientalis; BOL; Celerio larvae; CNS transmitter in insects; corpora allata; corpora cardiaca; Dendrolimus pini; DOPA; Drosophila melanogaster; EPSP; Formica lugubris; GABA; Galleria mellonella; Gampsocleis buergeri; glutamate; heart rate; insect tranmitters; IPSP; nerve muscle transmitters insects; nerve muscle; nicotine; noradrenaline; peptides; Periplaneta americana; Pieris brassicae; Rhodnius prolixus; synapses; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; AMINO ACID; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART RATE; INSECT; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACIDS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMAL; BIOGENIC AMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPINEPHRINE; GANGLIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; GLUTAMATES; HEART RATE; INSECTS; MUSCLES; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0015115556     PISSN: 00104035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-4035(71)90060-7     Document Type: Article

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