Excitatory neural control of posterograde heartbeat by the frontal ganglion in the last instar larva of a lepidopteran, Bombyx mori

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-185

  Uchimura, Kazuyuki ^a   Ai, Hiroyuki ^b   Kuwasawa, Kiyoaki ^c   Matsushita, Tomoko ^d   Kurokawa, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cardiac nerve; Dorsal vessel; Frontal ganglion; Heartbeat reversal; Posterograde heartbeat

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; LARVA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SILKWORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART; HEART RATE; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; MYOCARDIUM; NERVE NET;

EID: 31144451315     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0059-4     Document Type: Article

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