Control of insect ecdysis by a positive-feedback endocrine system: Roles of eclosion hormone and ecdysis triggering hormone

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 869-881

  Ewer, John ^a   Gammie, Stephen C ^a   Truman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

crustacean cardioactive peptide; ecdysis triggering hormone; eclosion hormone; feedback; Manduca sexta; neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

ECLOSION HORMONE; INSECT HORMONE; MANDUCA SEXTA ECDYSIS TRIGGERING HORMONE; MANDUCA SEXTA ECDYSIS-TRIGGERING HORMONE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEEDBACK; INSECT HORMONES; MANDUCA; MOLTING; PEPTIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031105874     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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