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 …

Hormones regulate development, as well as many vital processes in the daily life of an
animal. Many of these hormones are peptides that act at a higher hierarchical level in the …

Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems.
They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical …

Neuropeptides and protein hormones are ancient molecules that mediate cell-to-cell
communication. The whole genome sequence from the red flour beetle Tribolium …

Cloning-based approach combining homology search in the Bombyx genome sequence
and Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) resulted in annotation of 23 neuropeptide …

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 …

Insect neurohormones (biogenic amines, neuropeptides, and protein hormones) and their G
protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a central role in the control of behavior …

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 success of insects is linked to their impressive tolerance to environmental stress, but
little is known about how such responses are mediated by the neuroendocrine system. Here …

Animals maintain metabolic homeostasis by modulating the activity of specialized organs
that adjust internal metabolism to external conditions. However, the hormonal signals …