Cardioacceleratory and myostimulatory activity of allatotropin in Triatoma infestans

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-377

  Sterkel, Marcos ^a   Riccillo, Fernando Luis ^b   Ronderos, Jorge Rafael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allatotropin; Cardioacceleratory; Myostimulatory; Serotonin; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

ALLATOTROPIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEMOLYMPH; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 74449085282     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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