The crustacean cardiac neuromuscular system is a useful model for studying how neural
circuits generate behavior, as it is comprised of a simple ganglion containing nine neurons …

Crustaceans serve as a useful, simplified model for studying peptides and neuromodulation,
as they contain numerous neuropeptide homologs to mammals and enable …

The conventional mass spectrometry (MS)-based strategy is often inadequate for the
comprehensive characterization of various size neuropeptides without the assistance of …

Considerable effort has been devoted to characterizing the crustacean stomatogastric
nervous system (STNS) with great emphasis on comprehensive analysis and mapping …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometric imaging (MSI) is a
powerful tool to map the spatial distribution of biomolecules on tissue sections. Recent …

Food intake is regulated by various neuromodulators, including numerous neuropeptides.
However, it remains elusive at the molecular and cellular level as to how these important …

Neuropeptides represent one of the largest classes of signaling molecules used by nervous
systems to regulate a wide range of physiological processes. Over the past several years …

Neuropeptides are an important class of signaling molecules in the nervous and
neuroendocrine system, but they are challenging to study due to their low concentration in …

Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) of neuropeptides in crustacean neuronal tissues was
performed on a MALDI-TOF/TOF instrument. Sample preparation protocols were developed …

The emerging technology mass spectrometric imaging (MSI) provides an attractive
opportunity to detect and probe the molecular content of tissues in an anatomical context …