"Mollusca" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phylum of the kingdom Metazoa. Mollusca have soft, unsegmented bodies with an anterior head, a dorsal visceral mass, and a ventral foot. Most are encased in a protective calcareous shell. It includes the classes GASTROPODA; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; Aplacophora; Scaphopoda; Polyplacophora; and Monoplacophora.
| Descriptor ID |
D008974
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.644
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| Concept/Terms |
Mollusca- Mollusca
- Molluscas
- Mollusks
- Mollusk
- Molluscs
- Mollusc
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mollusca" by people in Profiles.
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Funabara D, Kanoh S, Siegman MJ, Butler TM, Hartshorne DJ, Watabe S. Twitchin as a regulator of catch contraction in molluscan smooth muscle. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2005; 26(6-8):455-60.
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Shimozono S, Watanabe S, Inoue T, Kirino Y. Identification and characterization of an output neuron from the oscillatory molluscan olfactory network. Brain Res. 2001 Dec 07; 921(1-2):98-105.
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Watanabe S, Inoue T, Murakami M, Inokuma Y, Kawahara S, Kirino Y. Modulation of oscillatory neural activities by cholinergic activation of interneurons in the olfactory center of a terrestrial slug. Brain Res. 2001 Mar 30; 896(1-2):30-5.
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Nakaya T, Kawahara S, Watanabe S, Lee D, Suzuki T, Kirino Y. Identification and expression of a novel gene in odour-taste associative learning in the terrestrial slug. Genes Cells. 2001 Jan; 6(1):43-56.
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Toda S, Kawahara S, Kirino Y. Image analysis of olfactory responses in the procerebrum of the terrestrial slug Limax marginatus. J Exp Biol. 2000 Oct; 203(Pt 19):2895-905.
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Vora KA, Tumas-Brundage K, Manser T. Contrasting the in situ behavior of a memory B cell clone during primary and secondary immune responses. J Immunol. 1999 Oct 15; 163(8):4315-27.
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Hanley JS, Shashar N, Smolowitz R, Bullis RA, Mebane WN, Gabr HR, Hanlon RT. Modified laboratory culture techniques for the European cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Biol Bull. 1998 Oct; 195(2):223-5.
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Greenberg MJ, Price DA. Relationships among the FMRFamide-like peptides. Prog Brain Res. 1992; 92:25-37.
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Plummer JM, Greenberg MJ, Lehman HK, Watts JA. Competitive inhibition by dimethylsulfoxide of molluscan and vertebrate acetylcholinesterase. Biochem Pharmacol. 1983 Jan 01; 32(1):151-8.
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Greenberg MJ, Roop T, Painter SD. The relative contributions of the receptors and cholinesterases to the effects of acetylcholine on the hearts of bivalve molluscs. Gen Pharmacol. 1980; 11(1):65-74.