Serotonin modulates a photic response in circadian locomotor rhythmicity of adults of the blow fly, Calliphora vicina

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Cymborowski, Bronisław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

5 HT; 5 hydroxytryptamine; Calliphora vicina; Circadian rhythms; Light intensity; pCPA; Photoreceptor; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031909849     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.2310025.x     Document Type: Article

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