Wasp venom injected into the prey's brain modulates thoracic identified monoaminergic neurons

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-168

  Rosenberg, Lior Ann ^a   Pflüger, Hans Joachim ^b   Wegener, Gerhard ^c   Libersat, Frederic ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ampulex compressa; Brain; Fructose 2,6 bisphosphate; Monoamine; Octopamine; Periplaneta americana; Venom

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; FRUCTOSE 2,6 BISPHOSPHATASE; NEUROTOXIN; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; WASP;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OCTOPAMINE; PERIPLANETA; THORAX; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 30744447712     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20203     Document Type: Article

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