Differential regulation of a homologous peptidergic neuron in grasshoppers: Evolution of a neural circuit

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

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 755-765

  Lundquist, C T ^a,b   Baines, R A ^a,c   Thompson, K S J ^a,d   Bacon, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Patent Department   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Evolution; Histamine; Homology; Insect; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031839963     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050220     Document Type: Article

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