Behavioral and cellular effects of serotonin on locomotion and male mating posture in Ascaris suum (Nematoda)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 655-667

  Reinitz, C A ^a,b   Stretton, A O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Biogenic amines; Male mating; Motor nervous system; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BODY POSTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEMATODA; POSTURE; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030152988     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227378     Document Type: Article

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