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 …

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 …

Trehalose, the non-reducing disaccharide of glucose, is the principal sugar circulating in the
blood or haemolymph of most insects. Resistance to acid hydrolysis and an absence of …

Neuropeptides in insects act as neuromodulators in the central and peripheral nervous
system and as regulatory hormones released into the circulation. The functional roles of …

The olfactory lobes of crustaceans and the antennal lobes of insects are the primary
olfactory brain centers in Tetraconata. Recent publications considered the apparent lack of …

The stomatogastric nervous system plays a pivotal role in feeding behaviour. Central to this
system is the frontal ganglion, which is responsible for foregut motor activity, and hence the …

It is well acknowledged that tyramine acts as the biosynthetic intermediate precursor for
octopamine. This fact has biased the interpretation of biological effects of tyramine towards …

During the computations performed by the nervous system, its 'wiring diagram'—the map of
its neurons and synaptic connections—is dynamically modified and supplemented by …

The fruitfly, Drosophila, is dependent on its olfactory sense in food search and reproduction.
Processing of odorant information takes place in the antennal lobes, the primary olfactory …

Neuropeptides are a diverse class of signalling molecules that are widely employed as
neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate …