Eclosion hormone provides a link between ecdysis-triggering hormone and crustacean cardioactive peptide in the neuroendocrine cascade that controls ecdysis behavior

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-352

  Gammie, Stephen C ^a,b   Truman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean cardioactive peptide; Ecdysis triggering hormone; Eclosion hormone; Manduca sexta; Neuroendocrine cascade; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE; CYCLIC GMP; ECLOSION HORMONE; INSECT HORMONE; MANDUCA SEXTA ECDYSIS TRIGGERING HORMONE; MANDUCA SEXTA ECDYSIS-TRIGGERING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLTING; MOTONEURON; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSECT HORMONES; MANDUCA; MOLTING; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0033083281     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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