1st Edition

Advances in Invertebrate (Neuro)Endocrinology A Collection of Reviews in the Post-Genomic Era Volume 1: Phyla Other Than Anthropoda

Edited By Saber Saleuddin, Angela B. Lange, Ian Orchard Copyright 2020
466 Pages
by Apple Academic Press

466 Pages
by Apple Academic Press

466 Pages
by Apple Academic Press

Advances in Invertebrate (Neuro)Endocrinology: A Collection of Reviews in the Post-Genomic Era (2-volume set) provides an informative series of reviews from expert scientists who are at the forefront of their research into the endocrinology of invertebrates. These two volumes are timely and appropriate in this post-genomic era because of the rapid pace of change brought about by genome... Read more

Volume 1

1. Cnidarian Peptide Signaling Molecules

Toshio Takahashi

2. Sex-Inducing Substances Breakdown Dormancy in Planarian Postembryonic Reproductive Development

Kiyono Sekii and Kazuya Kobayashi

3. Fine Tuning of Behaviors through Neuropeptide Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

William G. Bendena and Ian D. Chin-Sang

4. Annelids Neuro-Endrocrino-Immune Response

Michel Salzet

5. Neuropeptide Signalling in Echinoderms: From “Physiologic Activity of Nerve Extracts” to Neuropeptidomics and Beyond

Maurice R. Elphick

6. Endocrine Control of Gametogenesis and Spawning in Bivalves

Makoto Osada and Toshie Matsumoto

7. Peptidergic Systems in the Pond Snail Lymnaea: From Genes to Hormones and Behavior

Paul R. Benjamin and Ildikó Kemenes

8. A Critical Review of Sex Steroid Hormones and the Induction Mechanisms of Imposex in Gastropod Mollusks

Toshihiro Horiguchi and Yasuhiko Ohta

9. Hormones May Shape Sexual Behavior in Cephalopods

Anna Di Cosmo, Marina Paolucci, and Valeria Maselli

10. Physiological Functions of Gastropod Peptides and Neurotransmitters

Spencer T. Mukai and Fumihiro Morishita

11. Ascidian Neuropeptides and Peptide Hormones

Honoo Satake

Volume 2

1. Juvenile Hormone Regulation and Action

C. Rivera-Pérez et al.

2. Molecular Functions of Ecdysteroids in Insects

Naoki Yamanaka and Naoki Okamoto

3. Adipokinetic Hormone: A Hormone for All Seasons?

Heather G. Marco and Gerd Gäde

4. Sex-Related Peptides of Male Insects

R. E. Isaac and S. Sturm

5. Endocrine Control of Pupal Diapause in the Cabbage Army Moth Mamestra brassicae

Akira Mizoguchi

6. Hormonal Control of Diuresis in Insects

Ian Orchard and Angela B. Lange

7. Stayin’ Alive: Endocrinological Stress Responses in Insects

Atsushi Miyashita and Shelley A. Adamo

8. Insect GPCRs and Development of Mimetic Analogs of the Insect Kinin, Pyrokinin-Like and Sulfakinin Neuropeptide Classes as Pest Management Tools

R. J. Nachman

Biography



Saber Saleuddin, PhD, is a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology, York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



Angela B. Lange, PhD, was Chair of the Department of Biology, Acting Vice-Principal and Dean, and is currently Vice-Dean, Faculty, at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.



Ian Orchard, DSc, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus, Biology, of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.