Neuromodulation of the locust frontal ganglion during the moult: A novel role for insect ecdysis peptides

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2911-2919

  Zilberstein, Y ^a   Ewer, J ^b   Ayali, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean cardioactive peptide; Ecdysis; Frontal ganglion; Neuromodulation; Neuropeptides; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLION; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GANGLIA; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLTING;

CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33748431338     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02339     Document Type: Article

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