Acanthocheilonema viteae: Octopamine and its physiological role

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 53-58

  Tiwari, Pushpa ^a   Tripathi, L M ^a   Raghu, K G ^a   Srivastava, V M L ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema viteae; Filaria; Membrane potential; Nematode; Octopamine; Receptor; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOGENIC AMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OCTOPAMINE;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITAE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; FILARIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIPETALONEMA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROFILARIA; MOVEMENT; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ARTHROPODA; FILARIA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 7444232154     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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