Modulation of cardiac rhythm by allatostatins in the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1057-1064

  Vilaplana, Lluïsa ^a   Maestro, José L ^a   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Antimyotropic activity; Blattella germanica; Cardiac rhythm

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0032849275     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00089-X     Document Type: Article

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