Neuropharmacology of insects

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Corporate Authors: Symposium on Neuropharmacology of Insects Ciba Foundation); Ciba Foundation.
Group Author: Evered, David.; O'Connor, Maeve.; Whelan, Julie.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Ciba Foundation symposium ; 88
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470720707
Item Description: Proceedings of the Symposium on Neuropharmacology of Insects, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 30 June-2 July 1981.
Editors: David Evered, Maeve O'Connor, and Julie Whelan.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 330 p.) : ill.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780470718391 (electronic bk.)
0470718390 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: QL495
CLC: Q965
Contents: Chemical signalling in the insect nervous system / John G. Hildebrand -- Acetylcholine receptors of identified insect neurons / Ian D. Harrow, Jonathan A. David, David B. Sattelle -- Properties of dopamine receptors at a neuroglandular synapse / C.R. House, B.L. Ginsborg -- Properties of modulatory octopamine receptors in the locust / Peter D. Evans -- Properties of postsynaptic channels activated by glutamate and GABA in locust muscle fibres / S.G. Cull-Candy -- Neurosecretory peptides and biogenic amines / W. Mordue -- Isolation of receptors from the central nervous system / E.A. Barnard -- Pharmacological characteristics of a putative nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Musca dornestica / Christine S. March, Kenneth J. Cattell, John F. Donnellan -- Binding of acetylcholine receptor/channel probes to housefly head membranes / Amira T. Eldefrawi, Nader Shaker, Mohyee E. Eldefrawi -- Subcellular fractionation of invertebrate nervous tissue / Richard W. Olsen -- Properties of synaptosomes from the central nervous system of insects / Heinz Breer -- Binding and uptake of glutamate and [gamma]-aminobutyric acid in membrane fractions from locust muscle / Patricia A. Briley, Marie T. Filbin, George G. Lunt, John F. Donnellan -- Genetic approaches to insect neurochemistry / Yadin Dudai -- Identification of a Drosophila melanogaster mutant that affects the saxi toxin receptor of the voltage-sensitive sodium channel / Linda M. Hall, Susan D. Wilson, Jane Gitschier, Nancy Martinez, Gary R. Strichartz -- Genetic and immunological studies of the nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster / Yuh Nung Jan, Lily Yeh Jan -- Activation of ion channels in locust muscle by amino acids / K.A.F. Gration -- Receptor mechanisms mediating the action of 5-hydroxytryptamine / Michael J. Berridge, John P. Heslop -- Solitary wasp venoms and toxins as tools for the study of neuromuscular transmission in insects / Tom Piek -- Insecticides as probes for the study of ionic channels in nerve membranes / Toshio Narahashi.