NGIWYamide-induced contraction of tube feet and distribution of NGIWYamide-like immunoreactivity in nerves of the starfish Asterina pectinifera

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 627-632

  Saha, Apurba Kumar ^a   Tamori, Masaki ^a   Inoue, Masahide ^a   Nakajima, Yoko ^b   Motokawa, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Neuropeptide; NGIWYamide; Radial nerve cord; Starfish; Tube feet

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ASPARAGINYL GLYCYL ISOLEUCYL TRYPTOPHYL TYROSINAMIDE; ASPARAGINYL-GLYCYL-ISOLEUCYL-TRYPTOPHYL-TYROSINAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTERINA; GANGLION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTERINA; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

ASTERINA; ASTERINA PECTINIFERA; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 33749235168     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.627     Document Type: Article

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