Pentapeptide (Proctolin) Associated with an Identified Neuron
- 31 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4507) , 567-569
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6113690
Abstract
Individual neurons can be recognized and identified anatomically, physiologically, and biochemically in the insect central nervous system. Biochemical analyses of extracts prepared from one such identified neuron show it to be associated with a bioactive pentapeptide called proctolin. This peptide may be a neurotransmitter, and a preparation is established in which its physiological action can be studied at the cellular level.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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