Glutamate as a transmitter in the sensory pathway from prostomial lip to serotonergic Retzius neurons in the medicinal leech Hirudo

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Groome, J R ^a,b   Vaughan, D K ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalic nerves; Chemosensory; Glutamate; Hirudo medicinalis; Prostomial lip; Retzius neurons

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; LEECH; LIP; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEECHES; LIP; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SENSATION; SEROTONIN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030224467     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02214115     Document Type: Article

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