Effects of putative neurotransmitters on the motor activity of Spirometra mansonoides - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Effects of putative neurotransmitters on the motor activity of Spirometra mansonoides
T K Tomosky-Sykes et al. J Parasitol. 1977 Jun.
Abstract
5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), epinephrine, and dopamine strongly stimulated the motor activity of larval Spirometra mansonoides. By contrast, a cholinomimetic agent, arecoline, paralyzed the worms. There was some pharmacological specificity among the agonists but not with various antagonists. Acetylcholinesterase activity was present in both larval and adult Spirometra.