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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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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Neuropeptides of the beetle, Tenebrio molitor identified using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and deduced sequences from the Tribolium castaneum genome
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… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Cholinergic receptors on cultured neurones from the central nervous system of embryonic cockroaches
Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Structural cross-bridges between microtubules and mitochondria in central axons of an insect (Periplaneta americana).
The distribution of microtubules and mitochondria in central axons of an insect (Periplaneta americana) is assessed by comparison… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Conduction processes in the nerve cord of the moth Manduca sexta in relation to its ultrastructure and haemolymph ionic composition.
1. Connectives of the ventral nerve cord of Manduca sexta consist of glia-ensheathed axons surrounded by a perineuriurn and an… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The cholinergic nature of the cercal nerve-giant fiber synapse in the sixth abdominal ganglion of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.).
The effects of cholinergic drugs on transmission at the cercal nervegiant fiber synapse in the desheathed sixth abdominal… 
Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Pharmacologically active constituents of the cockroach corpus cardacum: resolution and some characteristics.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The Nutrition of the Central Nervous System in the Cockroach Periplaneta Americana L
1. 14 C-labelled glucose injected into the cockroach was found to be rapidly converted to trehalose, only small amounts remaining… 
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