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Periplaneta

Known as: Periplanetas 
A genus in the family Blattidae containing several species, the most common being P. americana, the American cockroach.
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Periplaneta americana

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1995
1995
Effects of proctolin on contractions, membrane resistance, and non- voltage-dependent sarcolemmal ion channels in crustacean muscle fibers
The neuropeptide proctolin in nanomolar concentrations enhances the contraction of crustacean muscle fibers manyfold. The… 
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1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cross reactivity studies of CRF-related peptides on insect Malpighian tubules.
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1986
Highly Cited
1986
Binding sites for [3H]GABA, [3H]flunitrazepam and [35S]TBPS in insect CNS
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
Cholinergic receptors on cultured neurones from the central nervous system of embryonic cockroaches
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1982
Highly Cited
1982
Actions of insect toxin and other toxins derived from the venom of the scorpion Androctonus australis on isolated giant axons of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana).
1. Insect toxin, mammal toxins I and II and crustacean toxin were obtained from the venom of the scorpion Androctonus australis… 
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1975
Highly Cited
1975
Cellular defense reactions of insect hemocytes in vitro: phagocytosis in a new suspension culture system.
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1970
Highly Cited
1970
A quantitative study of potassium movements in the central nervous system of Periplaneta americana.
1. Using the electrical response of giant axons in the isolated abdominal nerve cord of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, as… 
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1962
Highly Cited
1962
The distribution and exchange of some ions and molecules in the central nervous system of Periplaneta americana L.
1. The rapidly exchanging 24Na fraction was found to account for approximately a third of the sodium contained in desheathed… 
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1961
Highly Cited
1961
Sodium and Potassium Fluxes in the Abdominal Nerve Cord of the Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana L
1. The influx of sodium and potassium ions into the central nervous system of Periplaneta americana has been studied by measuring… 
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1950
Highly Cited
1950
The outer layers of the cuticle in the cockroach Periplaneta americana and the function of the oenocytes.
In the epicuticle of the cockroach there is a cement layer formed, as in other insects, by secretion from certain of the dermal… 
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