title: Insect tachykinin-like peptide: distribution of leucokinin immunoreactive neurons in the cockroach and blowfly brains.
abstract: Antisera were raised against leucokinin I, a cockroach myotropic neuropeptide with some resemblance to vertebrate tachykinins. These antisera were used for immunocytochemical mapping of neurons and neurosecretory cells in the brains of a cockroach and a blowfly species. The leucokinin immunoreactive cells are distinct from neurons that can be labeled with antisera against vertebrate type tachykinins. It is suggested that leucokinin-like peptides may have roles as neurohormones and neuromodulators in the insect nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Nässel
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lundquist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000737:chemistry*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004175:Diptera / Q000737:chemistry*; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry*; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000276:immunology; D014405:Tuftsin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015320:Tachykinins; D014405:Tuftsin