This review focuses on neuropeptides and peptide hormones, the largest and most diverse
class of neuroactive substances, known in Drosophila and other animals to play roles in …

Studies of neuropeptide and peptide hormone signaling are coming of age in Drosophila
due to rapid developments in molecular genetics approaches that overcome the difficulties …

Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly
developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions-as is …

There are two main classes of hormones in insects: 1) the true hormones produced by
epithelial glands and belonging to the ecdysteroids or juvenile hormones and 2) the …

Neuropeptides in insects act as neuromodulators in the central and peripheral nervous
system and as regulatory hormones released into the circulation. The functional roles of …

In this article, an attempt is made to review the presently known, completely identified
crustacean neuropeptides with regard to structure, function and distribution. Probably the …

Plasticity in animal behaviour relies on the ability to integrate external and internal cues from
the changing environment and hence modulate activity in synaptic circuits of the brain. This …

This review focuses on the state of the art on neuropeptide receptors in insects. Most of
these receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and are involved in the regulation …

We report 43 novel genes in the water flea Daphnia pulex encoding 73 predicted
neuropeptide and protein hormones as partly confirmed by RT-PCR. MALDI-TOF mass …

The stomatogastric nervous system plays a pivotal role in feeding behaviour. Central to this
system is the frontal ganglion, which is responsible for foregut motor activity, and hence the …