Neuropeptide Systems as Targets for Parasite and Pest Control

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Geary, Timothy G. (Editor), Maule, Aaron G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 692
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical parasitology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Parasitology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6902-6

This book was assembled to focus attention on this promising field by compiling a comprehensive review of recent research on neuropeptides in arthropods and helminths, with contributions from many of the leading laboratories working on these systems. The organization of the chapters is intended to p...

Table of Contents:

• ReceptorBased Discovery Strategies for Insecticides and Parasiticides: A Review
• Nonpeptide Ligands for Peptidergic G ProteinCoupled Receptors
• Interaction of Mimetic Analogs of Insect Kinin Neuropeptides with Arthropod Receptors
• Neuropeptides in Helminths: Ocurrence and Distribution
• Neuropeptide Physiology in Helminths
• Neuropeptide Gene Fa milies in Caenorhabditis elegans
• Control of Nematode Parasites with Agents Acting on NeuroMusculature Systems: Lessons for Neuropeptide Ligand Discovery
• Neuropeptide signaling in insects
• Neuropeptide Physiology in Insects
• Neuropeptide Biology in Drosophila
• Neuropeptide Receptors as Possible Targets for Development of Insect Pest Control Agents.