Spider peripheral mechanosensory neurons are directly innervated and modulated by octopaminergic efferents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1588-1598

  Widmer, Alexandre ^a   Höger, Ulli ^a   Meisner, Shannon ^a   French, Andrew S ^a   Torkkeli, Päivi H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cAMP; Mechanosensory; Octopamine; Octopamine receptor; Phentolamine; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NORFENEFRINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIDER; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OCTOPAMINE; PERFUSION; PHENTOLAMINE; RECEPTORS, BIOGENIC AMINE; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SPIDERS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 13844267197     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4505-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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