Depression of synaptic efficacy at intermolt in crayfish neuromuscular junctions by 20-hydroxyecdysone, a molting hormone

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1931-1941

  Cooper, Robin L ^a   Ruffner, Marvin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOLTING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031944073     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1931     Document Type: Article

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