Luminescence control in the brittlestar Amphipholis squamata: Effect of cholinergic drugs

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-82

  De Bremaeker, N ^a   Mallefet, J ^a   Baguet, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

echinoderm; luminescence; pharmacology

Indexed keywords

4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; [4 [(3 CHLOROPHENYL)CARBAMOYLOXY] 2 BUTYNYL]TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; ACETYLCHOLINE; ARECOLINE; ATROPINE; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; HEXAMETHONIUM; METHACHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PIRENZEPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ECHINODERM; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030250574     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(96)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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