Octopamine boosts snail locomotion: Behavioural and cellular analysis

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Ormshaw, Jennifer C ^a   Elliott, Christopher J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epinastine; Lymnaea; Movement; Pedal ganglion; Phentolamine

Indexed keywords

OCTOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIBENZAZEPINES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; IMIDAZOLES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; OCTOPAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; SNAILS;

EID: 33751006458     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-006-0031-1     Document Type: Article

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