Classical transmitters and their receptors in flatworms

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Ribeiro, P ^a   El Shehabi, F ^a   Patocka, N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Flatworms; G protein coupled receptors (GPCR); Neurotransmitters; Nicotinic receptors; Platyhelminths; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMINOPHENOL; DOPAMINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; OXIDOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DRUG TARGETING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPIKE WAVE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; HISTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PLANARIANS; PLATYHELMINTHS; RECEPTORS, BIOGENIC AMINE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33645568919     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008565     Document Type: Review

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