Mixed cholinergic/glutamatergic neuromuscular innervation of Onychophora: A combined histochemical/electrophysiological study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-338

  Stern, Michael ^a   Bicker, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Glutamate; Neurotransmitter choice; Peripatoides noveazealandiae (Onychophora); Synapse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOIDES NOVEAZEALANDIAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMIC ACID; INVERTEBRATES; MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; NEMATODA; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOIDES;

EID: 48149096022     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0638-0     Document Type: Article

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