Release of peptide cotransmitters in Aplysia: Regulation and functional implications

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 8105-8114

  Vilim, F S ^a,c   Cropper, E C ^c   Price, D A ^b   Kupfermann, I ^a   Weiss, K R ^c  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; confocal immunocytochemistry; cotransmission; dense core vesicles; feeding; modulation; motorneuron; muscle contractions; neuropeptides; peptide release

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; FEEDING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029852336     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-08105.1996     Document Type: Article

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