The electrical properties of the anterior stomach of the larval mosquito (Aedes aegypti)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1093-1101

  Clark, Thomas M ^a   Koch, Alan ^b   Moffett, David F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Aedes aegypti; Intracellular potential; Larva; Midgut; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MATHEMATICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SEROTONIN; STOMACH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034083351     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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