RFamide neuropeptide actions on the molluscan heart

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 335-341

  Moulis, A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buccinum undatum; Busycon canaliculatum; Ca2+ dependency; RFamide neuropeptides; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; CALCIUM; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; NEOMYCIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYL LEUCYL ARGINYL PHENYLALANINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYL-LEUCYL-ARGINYL PHENYLALANINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FMRFAMIDE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; MOLLUSCA; MYOCARDIUM; NEOMYCIN; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BUCCINUM; BUCCINUM UNDATUM; BUSYCON; BUSYCON CANALICULATUM; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042626085     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.55.2004.1-4.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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