Oral administration of pharmacologically active substances to squid: A methodological description

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Berk, William ^a   Teperman, Jake ^a   Walton, Kerry D ^a,b   Hirata, Kazunari ^b   Sugimori, Mutsuyuki ^a,b   Llinas, Rodolfo R ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DRUG; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIGAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 60849099911     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv216n1p1     Document Type: Article

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