SALMFamide neuropeptides cause relaxation and eversion of the cardiac stomach in starfish

Feeding in starfish of the species Asterias rubens involves eversion of the cardiac stomach over prey such as mussels and oysters. For eversion to be accomplished the cardiac stomach must be relaxed. Here we show that two neuropeptides (S1 and S2) belonging to a family of echinoderm neuropeptides ca...

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Main Authors: Melarange, R., Potton, D. J., Thorndyke, M. C., Elphick, M. R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690199/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0847
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