Effects of cocaine treatment on the nervous system of planaria (Dugesia gonocephala s. l.). Histochemical and ultrastructural observations

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Margotta, V ^a   Caronti, B ^b   Meco, G ^a,b   Merante, A ^a   Ruggieri, S ^b,c   Venturini, G ^a   Palladini, G ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cocaine; Dopamine receptors; Planaria

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; COCAINE; LEVODOPA; RESERPINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TURBELLARIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; COCAINE; LEVODOPA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLANARIANS; RESERPINE; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; DUGESIA GONOCEPHALA S. STR.; MAMMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030842284     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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