Peptidergic activation of locust, dorsal unpaired median neurons: Depolarization induced by locustatachykinins may be mediated by cyclic AMP

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-315

  Lundquist, C Tomas ^a   Nässel, Dick R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Insect nervous system; Locusta migratoria; Neuropeptide; Spantide; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LUCIFER YELLOW; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SPANTIDE; TACHYKININ; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GANGLION; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCUST; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYCLIC AMP; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 1842295749     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199709)33:3<297::AID-NEU8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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