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 …

Background: Metabolomics—the novel science that evaluates the multitude of low-molecular-
weight metabolites in a biological system, provides new data on pathogenic mechanisms 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 …

Research in the field of neurobiology and neurochemistry has seen a rapid expansion in the
last several years due to advances in technologies and instrumentation, facilitating the …

The blue crab Callinectes sapidus has been used as an experimental model organism for
the study of regulation of cardiac activity and other physiological processes. Moreover, it is …

The eye is an elegant organ consisting of a number of tissues and fluids with specialised
functions that together allow it to effectively transmit and transduce light input to the brain for …

The crustacean stomatogastric ganglion (STG) is modulated by a large number of amines
and neuropeptides that are found in descending pathways from anterior ganglia or reach the …

Microdialysis is a useful technique for sampling neuropeptides in vivo, and decapod
crustaceans are important model organisms for studying how these peptides regulate …

Feeding behavior is a fundamental aspect of energy homeostasis and is crucial for animal
survival. This process is regulated by a multitude of neurotransmitters including …