The peptide hormone pQDLDHVFLRFamide (crustacean myosuppressin) modulates the Homarus americanus cardiac neuromuscular system at multiple sites

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3961-3976

  Stevens, J S ^a   Cashman, C R ^a   Smith, C M ^b   Beale, K M ^b   Towle, D W ^b   Christie, A E ^b   Dickinson, P S ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac ganglion (CG); FMRFamide like peptide (FLP); Heart; Homarus americanus; Lobster; Myosuppressin; Neurohormone; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLION; GENETICS; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEPHROPIDAE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRUSTACEA; FMRFAMIDE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEART; HEART RATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NEPHROPIDAE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 71849116289     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.035741     Document Type: Article

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