Periplaneta
"Periplaneta" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus in the family Blattidae containing several species, the most common being P. americana, the American cockroach.
| Descriptor ID |
D010526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.140.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Periplaneta americana- Periplaneta americana
- Periplaneta americanas
- americana, Periplaneta
- American Cockroaches
- American Cockroache
- Cockroache, American
- Cockroaches, American
- American Cockroach
- American Cockroachs
- Cockroach, American
- Cockroachs, American
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Periplaneta" by people in Profiles.
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Casagrand JL, Ritzmann RE. Biogenic amines modulate synaptic transmission between identified giant interneurons and thoracic interneurons in the escape system of the cockroach. J Neurobiol. 1992 Aug; 23(6):644-55.
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Casagrand JL, Ritzmann RE. Evidence that synaptic transmission between giant interneurons and identified thoracic interneurons in the cockroach is cholinergic. J Neurobiol. 1992 Aug; 23(6):627-43.
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Olomon CM, Breed MD, Bell WJ. Ontogenetic and temporal aspects of agonistic behavior in a cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Behav Biol. 1976 Jun; 17(2):243-48.