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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 692
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Parasitology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Biomedicine general.

The need to continually discover new agents for the control or treatment of invertebrate pests and pathogens is undeniable. Agriculture, both animal and plant, succeeds only to the extent that arthropod and helminth consumers, vectors and pathogens can be kept at bay. Humans and their companion anim...

Table of Contents:

• Receptor-Based Discovery Strategies for Insecticides and Parasiticides: A Review
• Nonpeptide Ligands for Peptidergic G Protein-Coupled Receptors
• Interaction of Mimetic Analogs of Insect Kinin Neuropeptides with Arthropod Receptors
• Neuropeptides in Helminths: Occurrence and Distribution
• Neuropeptide Physiology in Helminths
• Neuropeptide Gene Families in Caenorhabditis elegans
• Control of Nematode Parasites with Agents Acting on Neuro-Musculature 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.