Overview
- Provides an overview of the organism-level biology of neuropeptidergic function in insects and helminths
- Discusses discovery of insecticides and anthelmintics, a review of drugs that affect similar systems in nematodes
- Summary of drug discovery efforts that target mammalian neuropeptide receptors for therapy of non-infectious diseases in humans
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Table of contents(11 chapters)
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Timothy G. Geary
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Parasitology, School of Biological Sciences, Medical Biology Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
Aaron G. Maule
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neuropeptide Systems as Targets for Parasite and Pest Control
Editors: Timothy G. Geary, Aaron G. Maule
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6902-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6901-9Published: 01 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9860-6Published: 28 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6902-6Published: 13 January 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 230
Topics: Human Physiology, Biomedicine general, Parasitology