Ivan Huber

Cockroaches as Models for Neurobiology: Applications in Biomedical Research (eBook, PDF)

Volume II

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cockroaches offer a useful and inexpensive alternative to traditional laboratory animals, yet most researchers are unfamiliar with their biology. This unique and comprehensive cockroach handbook is written for everyone from novice to expert.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351079211
• Artikelnr.: 57258006

Autorenporträt

Ivan Huber is Professor Emeritus of Biology Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, US.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 4: Neurohormones and Neurotransmitters 13. Pesticides as Chemical
Signals: Hormones to Transmitters 14. Proctolin in the Cockroach: Providing
Model Systems for Studying Neuropeptide Transmission 15. Isolation and
Chemical Characterization of Cockroach Neuropeptides- The Myotropic and
Hyperglycemic Peptides 16. Neurobiology of Opioids in Leucophaea maderae
17. Octopamine, Dopamine and 5-Hydroxytryptamine in the Cockroach Nervous
System 18. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Neuroactive Agents in the
Cockroach Section 5: Metabolic Frequency 19. Neuroendocrine Regulation of
Fat Body Metabolism 20. Regulation of Vitellogenesis in Cockroaches 21.
Regulation of Corpus Allatum Activity in Adult Females of the Viviparous
Cockroach Diploptera punctate 22. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Pheromone
Production in Cockroaches Section 6: Sense Organs, Plasticty and Behavior
23. Structure and Function of the Visual Systems of the American Cockroach
24. Circadian Organization in the Cockroach 25. Mechanoreceptors:
Exteroceptors and Proprioceptors 26. Chemoreception 27. Learning and Memory
in Cockroaches: Methods and Analyses 28. The Cockroach Nervous System as a
Model for Aging