Neurohormonal Techniques in Insects

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Proctolin: Bioassay, Isolation, and Structure

   • A. N. Starratt, R. W. Steele

   Pages 1-30

3. Adipokinetic Hormone

   • Judith V. Stone, W. Mordue

   Pages 31-80

4. Bioassay of Diuretic Hormone in Rhodnius

   • S. H. P. Maddrell

   Pages 81-90

5. Diuretic Hormone—Extraction and Chemical Properties

   • Raymond J. Aston, Lynden Hughes

   Pages 91-115

6. Insulin-like and Glucagon-like Hormones in Insects

   • Karl J. Kramer

   Pages 116-136

7. Bursicon

   • I. M. Seligman

   Pages 137-153

8. Neurohormonal Factors Involved in the Control of Pupariation

   • Jan Žďárek

   Pages 154-178

9. Cuticle Plasticizing Factors

   • Stuart E. Reynolds

   Pages 179-195

10. Eclosion Hormones

    • Stuart E. Reynolds, James W. Truman

    Pages 196-215

11. Diapause Hormones

    • Minoru Isobe, Toshio Goto

    Pages 216-243

12. Prothoracicotropic Hormone

    • Hironori Ishizaki, Akinori Suzuki

    Pages 244-276

13. Back Matter

    Pages 277-282

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Insects as a group occupy a middle ground in the biosphere between bac­ teria and viruses at one extreme, amphibians and mammals at the other. The size and general nature of insects present special problems to the student of entomology. For example, many commercially available in­ struments are geared to measure in grams, while the forces commonly en­ countered in studying insects are in the milligram range. Therefore, tech­ the study of insects or in those fields concerned with niques developed in the control of insect pests are often unique. Methods for measuring things are common to all sciences. Advances sometimes depend more on how something was done than on what was measured; indeed a given field often progresses from one technique to another as new methods are discovered, developed, and modified. Just as often, some of these techniques find their way into the classroom when the problems involved have been sufficiently ironed out to permit students to master the manipulations in a few laboratory periods. Many specialized techniques are confined to one specific research labo­ ratory. Although methods may be considered commonplace where they are used, in another context even the simplest procedures may save con­ siderable time. It is the purpose of this series (1) to report new develop­ ments in methodology, (2) to reveal sources of groups who have dealt with and solved particular entomological problems, and (3) to describe ex­ periments which might be applicable for use in biology laboratory courses.

• Insects
• Insekten
• Neuroendokrinologie
• insect
• tissue

• Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA

  Thomas A. Miller

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