Evidence that histamine is a neurotransmitter in an insect extraocular photoreceptor pathway

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1973-1982

  Lundquist, C Tomas ^a,b   Baines, Richard A ^a,c   Bacon, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cimetidine; circadian rhythm; extraocular photoreceptor; histamine; insect; locust; Locusta migratoria; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029829145     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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