Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Evered, David
• O'Connor, Maeve
• Whelan, Julie

Titel

Neuropharmacology of insects

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

London : Pitman,

Erscheinungsjahr

1982

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• "Symposium on Neuropharmacology of Insects, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 30 June-2 July 1981."
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Neuropharmacology of insects; Contents; Introduction; Chemical signalling in the insect nervous system; Acetylcholine receptors of identified insect neurons; Discussion; Properties of dopamine receptors at a neuroglandular synapse; Discussion; Properties of modulatory octopamine receptors in the locust; Discussion; Properties of postsynaptic channels activated by glutamate and GABA in locust muscle fibres; Discussion; Neurosecretory peptides and biogenic amines; Discussion; Isolation of receptors from the central nervous system
• Pharmacological characteristics of a putative nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Musca domestica Discussion; Binding of acetylcholine receptor/channel probes to housefly head membranes; Discussion; Subcellular fractionation of invertebrate nervous tissue; Properties of synaptosomes from the central nervous system of insects; Discussion; Binding and uptake of glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid in membrane fractions from locust muscle; Discussion; Genetic approaches to insect neurochemistry
• Identification of a Drosophila melanogaster mutant that affects the saxitoxin receptor of the voltage-sensitive sodium channe Discussion; Genetic and immunological studies of the nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster; Discussion; Activation of ion channels in locust muscle by amino acids; Discussion; Receptor mechanisms mediating the action of 5-hydroxytryptamine; Discussion; Solitary wasp venoms and toxins as tools for the study of neuromuscular transmission in insects; Discussion; Insecticides as probes for the study of ionic channels in nerve membranes; Discussion; Review of the symposium; Index of contributors; Subject index
• English