Actions of nematode FMRFamide-related peptides on the pharyngeal muscle of the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 897, Issue , 1999, Pages 228-238

  Brownlee, David J ^a   Walker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033387285     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07894.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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