Electrophysiological responses of crayfish oocytes to biogenic amines

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Skorupski, Peter ^a   Melarange, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductance decrease; Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Octopamine; Oocyte; Pacifastacus; Potassium conductance; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DEPOLARIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 0033923873     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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