Muscarinic excitation in grasshopper song control circuits is limited by acetylcholinesterase activity

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1028-1035

  Hoffmann, Kirsten ^a   Wirmer, Andrea ^a   Kunst, Michael ^a   Gocht, Daniela ^a   Heinrich, Ralf ^a  

^a Institute of Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Brain; Central body; Control of sound production; Grasshopper; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTIBODY; BIOTIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROBIOTIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOTIN; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CHORTHIPPUS BIGUTTULUS;

EID: 36849075357     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1028     Document Type: Article

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