Insect neurotransmission: Neurotransmitters and their receptors

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-142

  Osborne, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

insects; neuropeptides; neurotransmitters; proctolin; receptors; second messengers

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OCTOPAMINE; PROCTOLIN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TYRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; INSECT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029876591     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)02054-3     Document Type: Review

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