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Curare as a neuromuscular blocking agent in insects
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 25, 1966
Abstract:
Topical application of curare produced no effects on electrical activity in single flight-muscle fibers of the fly Sarcophaga. However, the intraabdominal injection of curare induced a neuromuscular block similar to that described for vertebrates. The general refractoriness of some insects to chemical agents may well be due to the method of application.