Neural modulation of gut motility by myomodulin peptides and acetylcholine in the snail Lymnaea

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2460-2474

  Perry, Stephen J ^a   Straub, Volko A ^a   Kemenes, György ^a   Santama, Niovi ^a   Worster, Belinda M ^a   Burke, Julian F ^a   Benjamin, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL;

EID: 0031840889     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2460     Document Type: Article

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