Pharmacological characterisation of neuropeptide F (NPF)-induced effects on the motility of Mesocestoides corti (syn. Mesocestoides vogae) larvae

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-93

  Hrčkova, Gabriela ^a   Velebný, Samuel ^a   Halton, David W ^b   Day, Tim A ^c   Maule, Aaron G ^b  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Mesocestoides corti (syn. Mesocestoides vogae) tetrathyridia; Motility; Neuropeptide F; Neuropeptide signalling

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CHELERYTHRINE; CHELERYTHRINE CHLORIDE; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); LYASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM ION; MDL 2330 A; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE F; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; PROCAINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; RYANODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRILITHIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; LARVA; MESOCESTOIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CESTODA; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MESOCESTOIDES VOGAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347357684     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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