Digger wasp versus cricket: Mechanisms underlying the total paralysis caused by the predator's venom

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-222

  Ferber, Michael ^a   Hrner, Michael ^b   Cepok, Sabine ^a   Gnatzy, Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACh; Escape behavior; Identified neurons; Synaptic transmission; Voltage activated currents

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INSECT STING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATCH CLAMP; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WASP;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARALYSIS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 0035811216     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.1028     Document Type: Article

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