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- Title
NEW TEST ANIMAL FOR ACETYLCHOLINE ASSAY.
- Authors
Ladd, R. J.; Thorburn, G. D.
- Abstract
<em>Tapes turgida</em> is suggested as a substitute for the closely related mollusc <em>Venus mercenaria</em> as a test object for acetylcholine. The structural, physiological and pharmacological characteristics of <em>Tapes turgida</em> are compared with those of <em>V. mercenaria</em> and found to be very similar. Sensitivity to acetylcholine is shown to be approximately the same for both molluses and the specificity, as far as it could be tested, seems comparable.
- Subjects
MERCENARIA; VENEROIDA; ACETYLCHOLINE; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; CHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC mechanisms
- Publication
Australian Journal of Experimental Biology & Medical Science, 1955, Vol 33, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
0004-945X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/icb.1955.21