Electrical and mechanical characteristics of the atrium of the whelk Busycon canaliculatum

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1247-1254

  Huddart, H ^a   Hill, R B ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamin e; acetylcholine; ATP; atrium; Busycon canaliculatum; FLRFamide; FMRFamide; GAP FLRFamide; GTP; SCP B; sucrose gap

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLRF AMIDE; GAPFLRFAMIDE; GUANOSINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHYSERGIDE; METITEPINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SMALL CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOLLUSC; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

EID: 0030273465     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02080-2     Document Type: Article

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