Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology · 1989 ·

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neuropeptides: Unity and Diversity, a Molecular Approach....Pages 3-37
Isolation Techniques for Insect Neuropeptides....Pages 39-62
Insect Neurodevelopment: Gene Cascades in Drosophila....Pages 63-103
Modulation and Repair of the Insect Blood-Brain Barrier....Pages 105-126
Drug Design....Pages 127-161
Insect Neuroendocrinology: Its Past; its Present; Future Opportunities....Pages 163-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Overview: Progress in Insect Neurochemistry....Pages 207-210
 Bombyx Eclosion Hormone....Pages 211-214
Expression of the Eclosion Hormone Gene in the Brain of Manduca Sexta ....Pages 215-218
Sequencing and Biological Activities of Neuroparsins Isolated from Corpora Cardiaca of Locusta Migratoria ....Pages 219-222
Isolation and Structure of Three Neuropeptides from the Corpora Cardiaca of the American Cockroach....Pages 223-226
Isolation, Purification and Characterization of a Diuretic Peptide (AP-I) from the House Cricket, Acheta Domesticus ....Pages 227-230
Members of the AKH/RPCH-Peptide Family in Coleoptera....Pages 231-234
Structures in the AKH Family of Neuropeptides....Pages 235-238
Quaternary Structure and Hydrophobic Interactions of Drosophila Acetylcholinesterase in Wild Type Flies and in Mutants of the Ace Locus....Pages 239-242
Insect Hypertrehalosemic Hormone: Structure-Activity Studies in Periplaneta americana ....Pages 243-246
Insect Hypertrehalosemic Hormone: Structure-Activity Studies in Blaberus discoidalis ....Pages 247-250
The Role of Mosquito Oostatic Hormone in the Regulation of Midgut Serine Proteases....Pages 251-254
Recent Developments in the Use of HPLC for the Purification of House Fly Oostatic Hormone....Pages 255-258
Characterization of Testis Ecdysiotropin (TE) from Brains of Lepidoptera....Pages 259-262
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Binding of Synthetic Dipteran Neuropeptide Preparations to Head and Abdominal Proteins of 3-Day Old Face Flies....Pages 263-266
Neuropeptide Metabolism: Properties of an Endopeptidase from Heads of Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 267-269
Degradation of Dipteran Neuropeptides by Musca autumnalis ....Pages 271-274
Metabolism of Inositolphosphates in the Cerebral Ganglia of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana L.....Pages 275-279
Tyramine- β - Hydroxylase Activity in the Synganglion of the Cattle Tick Boophilus Microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)....Pages 281-284
An Ecologically Acceptable Strategy for the Use of Genetically Engineered Baculovirus Pesticides....Pages 285-288
Overview: Progress in Insect Neurophysiology....Pages 291-294
Gene Expression during Pupal-Adult Neurogenesis in Manduca Sexta ....Pages 295-298
Receptivity Terminating Factor in Heliothis Zea and its Interaction with PBAN....Pages 299-302
Regulation of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Chrysodeixis chalcites and Heliothis peltigera by PBAN....Pages 303-307
Stimulation of de novo Pheromone Biosynthesis by In Vitro Pheromone Glands of Heliothis SPP ....Pages 309-312
Regulation of Sex Pheromone Titer in Mated Gypsy Moth Females....Pages 313-316
Changes in Number and Size of Corpus Allatum Cells of Blattella germanica during Oocyte Maturation....Pages 317-320
Patterns of Corpora Allata Activity in Ovariectomized Blattella germanica ....Pages 321-324
Protein Kinase C and Calcium are Involved in the Action of Juvenile Hormone on Follicle Cells of Rhodnius Prolixus ....Pages 325-328
Voltage-Dependent Sodium and Calcium Channels of the Corpora Allata of the Cockroach Diploptera Punctata ....Pages 329-332
Juvenile hormone production by wild type and apterous 4 mutant Drosophila melanogaster corpora allata in vitro....Pages 333-336
Developmental Profile of Prothoracicotropic Hormone (PTTH) Activity in the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar ....Pages 337-340
Endocrinology of Embryogenesis and Late Embryonic Diapause in the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar ....Pages 341-344
Prothoracicotropic Hormone (PTTH) Regulation of the Larval Pupal Molt in the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar : Observations on the Development of a Larval in Vivo Bioassay....Pages 345-348
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Developmental Profiles for the Regulation of Ecdysteroid Production by the Prothoracic Glands of Female Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar , Pupae....Pages 349-352
Developmental Changes in Lymantria Dispar (L.) Prothoracicotropic Hormone Activity from Embryo to Adult....Pages 353-356
Prothoracicotropic Hormone and Ecdysteroid Ketoreductase from Pre-Hatch Eggs of the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar ....Pages 357-360
Ecdysiotropins and Ketoreductase in the Brain of the European Corn Borer, Ostrinia Nubilalis Promote the Production of Ecdysone and 3-Dehydroecdysone by Prothoracic Glands of the Gypsy Moth. Lymantria Dispar .....Pages 361-364
Molt Inhibition by Azadirachtin; Effects on Prothoracicotropic Hormone, Prothoracic Glands and Ecdysteroid Titers in Manduca Sexta Pupae....Pages 365-368
Metabolic Changes in the Nerve Tissue of the Silk Worm, Bombyx Mori Following Repeated Topical Application of Endosulfan....Pages 369-372
Precocene II Suppresses the Biosynthesis of Juvenile Hormone, Ecdysteroids and Vitellogenin in the Black Blowfly, Phormia Regina Meigen....Pages 373-376
Regulation of Vitellogenesis in Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar (L.), Fifth-Instar Larvae....Pages 377-380
6-Hydroxydopamine Retardation of Ovarian Development in the Housefly, Musca Domestica L.....Pages 381-384
The Hypolipaemic Hormone of the Locust....Pages 385-388
Demonstration of a Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide-Like Material in the Stable Fly, Stomoxys Calcitrans ....Pages 389-392
Diuresis in Adult Heliothis Zea : Neural and Humoral Regulation....Pages 393-396
Characterization of FMRF-Amide-Like Peptides in the Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria....Pages 397-400
FMRF-Amide in the Corn Earworm ( H. Zea ): Immunoreactivity in the Midgut and Cerebral Nervous System....Pages 401-404
Uptake and Binding of Ponasterone A in the Brain of Fifth Stadium Manduca Sexta Larvae....Pages 405-408
The Role of Ecdysone on the Chitinase Enzyme in the Development of Spodoptera Litura ....Pages 409-412
Prospective Chemical Regulators of Female Reproductive Muscle Function in the Stable Fly Stomoxys Calcitrans ....Pages 413-416
Serotonergic Modulation of the Locust Mandibular Closer Muscle....Pages 417-420
Octopaminergic Modulation of Sense Organs Involved in Locust Flight....Pages 421-424
Overview: Progress in Insect Neuroanatomy and Neurogenesis....Pages 427-430
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Ultrastructure of a Sensory Receptor in the Abdominal Body Wall of Rhodnius Prolixus ....Pages 431-434
The Association of Proctolin with the Female Reproductive Tissue of Rhodnius Prolixus ....Pages 435-438
Serotonin-Like Immunoreactive Dorsal Unpaired Median Neurons in Rhodnius Prolixus ....Pages 439-442
Immunocytochemical Localization of Leucomyosuppressin (LEM-MS) in the CNS of the Cockroach, Leucophaea Maderae and the Stable Fly, Stomoxys Calcitrans ....Pages 443-446
A Vasopressin-Like Neurohemal System in Lymantria Dispar and Manduca Sexta ....Pages 447-450
Histocytochemical Identification of Neurosecretory Cells in the Brain of Short Horned Grasshopper....Pages 451-454
Back Matter....Pages 455-479