Insect Neurohormones

Abstract

1 Synthesis, Storage, and Release of Neurohormones -- 1.1. The Neurosecretory Cells -- 1.2. Neurohormone Release Sites -- 1.3. Neurohormones and Biogenic Amines -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 2 Control of Endocrine Gland Activity -- 2.1. Molting Gland -- 2.2. Corpora Cardiaca -- 2.3. Corpora Allata -- 3 Diapause -- 3.1. Imaginal Diapause -- 3.2. Pupal Diapause -- 3.3. Larval Diapause -- 3.4. Embryonic Diapause -- 3.5. Conclusions -- 4 Reproduction -- 4.1. Sex Determination -- 4.2. Gonial Mitosis and Meiosis -- 4.3. Differentiation of the Ovariole -- Previtellogenesis -- 4.4. Vitellogenesis -- 4.5. Oostatic Hormone (Antigonadotropin) -- 4.6. Spermatogenesis -- 4.7. Accessory Glands, Pheromone Production, Sexual Behavior -- 4.8. Ovulation -- 4.9, Egg Laying -- 4.10. Conclusions -- 5 Functioning of the Visceral Muscles -- 5.1. The Visceral Muscles: Innervation and Functioning -- 5.2. Source of Myotropic Factors, Multiplicity -- 5.3. Release Sites of Myotropic Factors -- 5.4. Reality of the Existence of Myotropic Factors -- 5.5. Separation and Identification of Active Factors -- 5.6. Mode of Action of Myotropic Factors -- 5.7. Conclusions -- 6 Morphological and Physiological Color Change -- 6.1. Morphological Color Change -- 6.2. Physiological Color Change -- 6.3. Conclusions -- 7 Behavior and Rhythmic Phenomena -- 7.1. Flight -- 7.2. Circadian Rhythms and Activity Level -- 7.3. Eclosion Rhythm -- 7.4. Endogenous Nerve Activity -- 7.5. Egg Care -- 7.6. Polymorphism and Phase -- 7.7. Conclusions -- 8 Osmoregulation -- 8.1. Techniques -- 8.2. Diuretic Hormone -- 8.3. Antidiuretic Hormone -- 8.4. Diuretic or Antidiuretic Function of Other Hormones -- 8.5. Purification of Diuretic and Antidiuretic Hormones -- 8.6. Mode of Action of Diuretic Hormone -- 8.7. Ion Metabolism -- 8.8. Conclusions -- 9 Metabolism -- 9.1. Proteases and Amylases -- 9.2. Proteins -- 9.3. Carbohydrates -- 9.4. Lipids -- 9.5. Respiratory Metabolism -- 9.6. Purification of Metabolic Neurohormones -- 9.7. Metabolic Hormones of Vertebrates and Insects -- 9.8. Mode of Action of Metabolic Hormones -- 9.9. Conclusions -- 10 Neurohormones and Cuticle -- 10.1. Tanning -- 10.2. Plasticization -- 10.3. Melanization -- 10.4. Endocuticle Secretion -- 10.5. Disaggregation of Cell Fragments of the Wings -- 10.6. Diuresis Linked to Tanning -- 10.7. Puparium Formation -- 10.8. Interspecific Activity -- 10.9. Neurohormone Purification -- 10.10. Mode of Action of Tanning Hormones -- 10.11. Conclusions -- Concluding Remarks -- Addendum -- A.1. Synthesis, Storage, and Release of Neurohormones -- A.1.1. Neurophysin and Neurohormones -- A.1.2. Immunoreactive Compounds -- A.1.3. Brain Neurosecretory Cells -- A.1.4. Neurosecretory Cells of the Sympathetic Nervous System -- A.1.5. Peripheral Neurosecretory Cells -- A.1.6. Release Sites of Brain Neurosecretory Products -- A.2. Control of Endocrine Gland Activity -- A.2.1. Control of Brain Hormone Secretion -- A.2.2. Molting Gland Activation -- A.2.3. Molting Gland-Innervating Neurons -- A.2.4. Juvenile Hormone and Molting Gland Stimulation -- A.2.5. Brain Hormone Purification -- A.2.6. Ecdysone Production in the Ovary -- A.2.7. Ecdysone and Corpora Allata Activity -- A.2.8. Juvenile Hormone Esterase Regulation -- A.3. Diapause -- A.3.1. Pupal Diapause Regulation -- A.3.2. Embryonic Diapause -- A.4. Reproduction -- A.4.1. Vitellogenesis -- A.4.2. Ecdysone and Brain Neurosecretory Activity -- A.4.3. Origin of Antigonadotropins -- A.5. Functioning of the Visceral Muscles -- A.5.1. Proctolin Source Cells -- A.5.2. Myotropic Factors -- A.6. Morphological and Physiological Color Change -- A.6.1. Insect and Crustacean Chromactivating Factors -- A.7. Behavior and Rhythmic Phenomena -- A.7.1. Eclosion Hormone -- A.8. Osmoregulation -- A.8.1. Diuretic Hormone -- A.8.2. Origin of Diuretic Hormone -- A.8.3. Ion Regulation -- A.8.4. Mode of Action of Diuretic Hormone -- A.9. Metabolism -- A.9.1. Protease and Amylase Regulation -- A.9.2. Adipokinetic Hormone Interspecific Activity -- A.9.3. Hypertrehalosemic and Adipokinetic Hormones -- A.9.4. Insulinlike and Glucagonlike Substances in Insects -- A.10. Neurohormones and Cuticle -- A.10.1. A New Factor Involved in Pupariation -- Reviews and Monographs -- References -- Species Index.