The effects of FMRFamide, serotonin, and acetylcholine on the isolated crop-gizzard of the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-415

  Krajniak, K G ^a   Klohr, R W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Annelid; Crop gizzard; FMRFamide; Lumbricus terrestris; Oligochaete; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EARTHWORM; STOMACH MOTILITY;

EID: 0032857001     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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