Identifiable Achatina giant neurones: Their localizations in ganglia, axonal pathways and pharmacological features

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-32

  Takeuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Araki, Yoko ^a   Emaduddin, Muhammad ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Han, Xiao Yan ^a   Salunga, Thucydides L ^a   Wong, Shu Min ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica Ferussac; Axonal pathway; Giant neurones; Identification; Invertebrate; Neuroactive peptides; Neurotransmitters; Snail

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYGLUTAMIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACEP 1; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACHATIN 1; ALANYLPROLYLGLYCYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; BROVINCAMINE; BUCCALIN; CATCH RELAXING PEPTIDE; DILTIAZEM; DOPAMINE; EPERISONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE SULFINIC ACID; MONATEPIL; MYOMODULIN; MYTILUS INHIBITORY PEPTIDE [2 SERINE]; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SMALL CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CALCIUM CURRENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLION; GIANT NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAIL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029871589     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)00113-1     Document Type: Review

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