title: Contributions of insect research toward our understanding of neurosecretion.
abstract: The process of neurosecretion is an important and widespread method of biological communication among animals. Although insects and vertebrates appear to be very different, neurosecretory mechanisms and the neuropeptides themselves are often the same. The gradual acceptance of neurosecretion as a biological phenomenon, largely as a result of research done with insects, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844, USA. mklowden@uidaho.edu
authors.forename: Marc J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Klowden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004772:Entomology / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D009452:Neuroendocrinology / Q000379:methods; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009489:Neurosecretion / Q000502:physiology*; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides