Serotonin modulates muscle function in the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 885-888

  Gerry, Shannon P ^a   Ellerby, David J ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Length tension; Obliquely striated muscle; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEECH; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MUSCLE; SALINITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 82455219470     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0303     Document Type: Article

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