Differential effects of a molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, on the neuromuscular junctions of the claw opener and abdominal flexor muscles of the American lobster

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-300

  Cromarty, S I ^a   Kass Simon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Ecdysone; Invertebrate; Lobster; Molt cycle; Neuromuscular modulation; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND MUSCLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOBSTER; MOLTING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032075831     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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