The molting gland of the cockroach Periplaneta americana: Secretory activity and its regulation

General Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-21

  Richter, K ^a   Bohm G A ^a  

^a Sachsische Akad Wiss zu Leipzig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroids; GABA; GABAPeriplaneta americana; Molt regualtion; Molt regulation; Nervous regulation; Periplaneta americana; Prothoracic gland; Prothoracicotropic hormone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; PROTEIN; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

COCKROACH; LARVA; MOLTING; NERVE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ECDYSONE; MOLTING; NEURONS; PERIPLANETA; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 0343923736     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00521-6     Document Type: Review

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