Cholinergic inhibition of muscle fibres isolated from Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda: Digenea)

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Day, T A ^a   Chen, G Z ^a   Miller, C ^a   Tian, M ^b   Bennett, J L ^a   Pax, R A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Agonists; Cholinergic; Cholinergic antagonists; Cholinergic receptors; Muscle fibres; Platyhelminthes; Schistosoma mansoni; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; ACETYLCHOLINE; ARECOLINE; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN; BUTYRYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINE; NICOTINE; PICROTOXIN; PILOCARPINE; PROPIONYLCHOLINE; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; SCOPOLAMINE; STRYCHNINE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; TREMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029978610     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066270     Document Type: Article

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