Pharmacological manipulation of serotonin levels in the nervous system of the opisthobranch mollusc Tritonia diomedea

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Fickbohm, David J ^a,b   Spitzer, Nadja ^a   Katz, Paul S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; MOLLUSC; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

DIOMEDEA; MOLLUSCA; TRITONIA DIOMEDIA;

EID: 23944490614     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593142     Document Type: Article

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