"Nephropidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Family of large marine CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA. These are called clawed lobsters because they bear pincers on the first three pairs of legs. The American lobster and Cape lobster in the genus Homarus are commonly used for food.
Descriptor ID |
D008121
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.365.190.550
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Concept/Terms |
Nephropidae- Nephropidae
- Clawed Lobsters
- Clawed Lobster
- Lobster, Clawed
- Lobsters, Clawed
- Homaridae
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephropidae" by people in Profiles.
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Bykhovskaia M. Making quantal analysis more convenient, fast, and accurate: user-friendly software QUANTAN. J Neurosci Methods. 2008 Mar 15; 168(2):500-13.
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Bykhovskaia M, Polagaeva E, Hackett JT. Mechnisms underlying different facilitation forms at the lobster neuromuscular synapse. Brain Res. 2004 Sep 03; 1019(1-2):10-21.
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Hildebrand JG, Townsel JG, Kravitz EA. Distribution of acetylcholine, choline, choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase in regions and single identified axons of the lobster nervous system. J Neurochem. 1974 Nov; 23(5):951-63.