Cold tolerance is important in defining the distribution of insects. Here, we review the
principal physiological mechanisms underlying homeostatic failure during cold exposure in …

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 …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

The article discusses advances in osmoregulation and excretion with emphasis on how
multicellular animals in different osmotic environments regulate their milieu intérieur …

Insects are the most abundant and diverse class of animals on the planet. One explanation
for their success is their extraordinary ability to successfully consume a wide range of foods …

Three acclimation groups [ie non-diapause (LD), diapause (SD) and diapause, cold-
acclimated (SDA)] of the adult bugs Pyrrhocoris apterus differed markedly in their levels of …

The multifunctional, morphologically complex salivary glands are essential to the biological
success of ticks and are intricately involved in the transmission of pathogens. They are …

The insect renal (Malpighian) tubule has long been a model system for the study of fluid
secretion and its neurohormonal control (;). Classical physiology suggests a model for …

Proton‐translocating, vacuolar‐type ATPases, well known energizers of eukaryotic, vacuolar
membranes, now emerge as energizers of many plasma membranes. Just as Na+ gradients …

Background Comprehensive, tissue-specific, microarray analysis is a potent tool for the
identification of tightly defined expression patterns that might be missed in whole-organism …