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Science 25 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3752, pp. 1023 - 1024
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3752.1023
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Curare as a Neuromuscular Blocking Agent in Insects

Frances V. McCann 1

1 Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

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.

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