"Torpedo" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this family have powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.
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D014101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.370.935 B01.050.150.900.493.378.722
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torpedo" by people in Profiles.
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Satoh Y, Hirashima N, Tokumaru H, Takahashi MP, Kang J, Viglione MP, Kim YI, Kirino Y. Lambert-Eaton syndrome antibodies inhibit acetylcholine release and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels in electric ray nerve endings. J Physiol. 1998 Apr 15; 508 ( Pt 2):427-38.
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Iijima K, Lee DS, Okutsu J, Tomita S, Hirashima N, Kirino Y, Suzuki T. cDNA isolation of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein from cholinergic nerve terminals of the electric organ of the electric ray. Biochem J. 1998 Feb 15; 330 ( Pt 1):29-33.
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Ishizuka T, Saisu H, Suzuki T, Kirino Y, Abe T. Molecular cloning of synaphins/complexins, cytosolic proteins involved in transmitter release, in the electric organ of an electric ray (Narke japonica). Neurosci Lett. 1997 Aug 29; 232(2):107-10.