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SINCE phenothiazine is a new and valuable vermifuge, its effect on animal tissues is of some general interest. Its effect on crustacean neuro-muscular function can readily be observed in the shore crab (Carcinus mœnas), from which the nerve-muscle preparation is one of the most readily obtainable among invertebrates.
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COLLIER, H. Depression of Neuro-Muscular Transmission in a Crab by Phenothiazine. Nature 146, 232–233 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146232e0
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