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A response to monoamines inPeripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora)

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Preparations of longitudinal muscle respond to catecholamines if the ventral nerve cords are present, and also to 5-hydroxytryptamine. The response to 5HT is complex if the central nervous system is present, but muscle alone is probably inhibited.

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  1. C. R. Gardner

    Present address: Roussel Laboratories, C.R.G., Kingfisher Drive, Swindon, Wilts, England

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  1. Physiology Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    C. R. Gardner & E. A. Robson

  2. Zoology Department, The University, Reading, Berks, England

    C. R. Gardner & E. A. Robson

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Acknowledgments. It is a pleasure to thank Professor A.C. Brown for providing facilities in the Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, and Mr L.R. Alexander and his colleagues for help in obtaining materials.

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Gardner, C.R., Robson, E.A. A response to monoamines inPeripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora). Experientia 34, 1576–1577 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034682

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