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 …

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 …

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

In this review, we describe water balance requirements of blood-feeding arthropods,
particularly contrasting dehydration tolerance during the unfed, off-host state and the …

We show a straightforward workflow combining homology search in Rhodnius prolixus
genome sequence with cloning by rapid amplification of cDNA ends and mass spectrometry …

Rhodnius prolixus (the kissing bug and a major vector of Chagas disease) is an obligate
blood feeder that in the case of the fifth instar consumes up to 10 times its unfed body weight …

Diuresis following blood-gorging in Rhodnius prolixus is the major process leading to the
transmission of Chagas' disease. We have cloned the cDNA of the first receptor known to be …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the hormonal controllers of the supply of
endogenous metabolic energy and the hormonal control of fluid and electrolyte balance …

Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods that require heme for their successful reproduction.
During feeding they also acquire pathogens that are subsequently transmitted to humans …

In the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus, events such as diuresis, antidiuresis, development and
reproduction are triggered by blood feeding. Hence, these events can be accurately timed …