Annals of Botany 92: 166, 2003
© 2003 Annals of Botany Company
Roshchina, V.V. Neurotransmitters in plant life
AW WOJTASZEK
Neurotransmitters in plant life.
Roshchina VV. 2001.
Enfield: Science Publishers, Inc.
$87·50. 292 pp.
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The prevailing common knowledge says that animals, and especially mammals, use hormones to coordinate biochemical activities of different types of cells, while neuromediators serve as signalling molecules for communication within the animals body and with the outside world. On the other hand, higher plants utilize hormone-like substances to coordinate their growth and development, but they lack the sophisticated systems for integrative processing and exchange of information. Is it true or false?
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