Serotonin induces four pharmacologically separable contractile responses in the pharynx of the leech Hirudo medicinalis

General Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 669-681

  O'Gara, B A ^a   Illuzzi, F A ^a   Chung, M ^a   Portnoy, A D ^a   Fraga, K ^a   Frieman, V B ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelid; Biogenic amine; Feeding; Gut; Muscle; Neuromodulation; Receptor

Indexed keywords

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 1 (3 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 2 METHYLSEROTONIN; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ALPHA METHYLSEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEECH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

5-METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; 8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LEECHES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHARYNX; PIPERAZINES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS;

EID: 0033030294     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(98)00235-3     Document Type: Article

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