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Kiel G Ormerod1, JaeHwan Jung2, A Joffre Mercier2

  • 1a Department of Biology , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA , USA.

Journal of Neurogenetics
|October 11, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
DrosophilaFMRFamidemuscle contractionneuropeptidesoctopamineproctolinsynaptic modulationthird instar larvaetyramine

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