Evidence for a role of orcokinin-related peptides in the circadian clock controlling locomotor activity of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2794-2803

  Hofer, Sabine ^a   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory medulla; Circadian rhythms; Cockroach; Insect brain; Leucophaea maderae; Light entrainment; Orcokinin; Phase response curve

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; ORCOKININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACH; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACHES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPEPTIDES;

BLATTARIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE;

EID: 33747031112     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02307     Document Type: Article

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