Voltage-dependent ionic currents in the ventromedial eclosion hormone neurons of Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2371-2383

  Hewes, Randall S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysis; Ecdysis triggering hormone; Ecdysteroid; Eclosion hormone; Manduca sexta; Neuropeptide; Neurosecretory cell

Indexed keywords

ECLOSION HORMONE; INSECT HORMONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLTING; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSECT HORMONES; ION TRANSPORT; MANDUCA; MOLTING; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0033198615     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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