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Neuromuscular transmission in molluscan hearts

Robert B. Hill, +1 more
- 15 Dec 1990 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 6, pp 999-1011
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This article is published in Zoological Science.The article was published on 1990-12-15 and is currently open access. It has received 18 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neuromuscular transmission.

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Evidence for a form of adrenergic response to stress in the mollusc Crassostrea gigas

TL;DR: The results suggest that, unlike that of vertebrates, the adrenergic stress-response system of oysters is not under the control of acetylcholine and that other factors, such as the neuropeptide ACTH, might control this system.
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Mosaic arrangement of SCP(B-), FMRFamide-, and histamine-like immunoreactive sensory hair cells in the statocyst of the gastropod mollusc Pleurobranchaea japonica.

TL;DR: The static nerve may code information about position or movement of the statoliths, with the use of different transmitters in the mosaic arrangement of the hair cells, according to light- and electron-microscopic observations.
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Evidence for cholinergic inhibitory and serotonergic excitatory neuromuscular transmission in the heart of the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria

TL;DR: Direct electrophysiological evidence for serotonergic EJPs and cholinergic IJPs is provided, plus immunocytochemical evidence for neural processes containing serotonin, in the myocardium, which indicates a reflex pathway involving neurons whose cell bodies are located in the visceral ganglion.
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Immunohistochemical localization and radioenzymatic measurements of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) in hearts of Aplysia and several bivalve mollusks

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that in the species where serotonin-immunoreactive fibers are present, serotonin serves to modulate cardiac myogenic activity in these species that contain relatively low concentrations of serotonin.
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Modulatory mechanisms in the isolated internally perfused ventricle of the whelk Busycon canaliculatum.

TL;DR: Ventricles were very sensitive to the excitatory actions of FMRFamide in the 10(-9) to 10(-5) mol l-1 range, and cAMP enhanced spontaneous contractions and 5HT responses, suggesting that the 5HT receptor may operate via a cAMP secondary mechanism.
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