Affiliation:
1. Department of Physiology, The Medical School, the University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TJ, UK
Abstract
The neurosecretory cells are responsible in insects for the coordination and control of bodily functions such as feeding, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and development. They do this by releasing substances called neurohormones into the body fluids. Many insecticides have been shown to have neurophysiological and potentially lethal effects upon neurosecretory cells. Many of the neurohormones are peptides, some similar to, if not identical with, peptides produced by nerve cells in vertebrates. It is possible that peptides unique to insects could be exploited for the development and production of safer and more specifically acting insecticides.
Subject
Agronomy and Crop Science,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology
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