title: Neuropeptide control of fluid balance in insects.
abstract: This minireview considers various aspects of the control of hydromineral balance in insects with particular reference to the control of diuresis and natriuresis in mosquitoes, with new information on the diuretic peptides of Anopheles gambiae.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. g.coast@bbk.ac.uk
authors.forename: Geoffrey M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Coast
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Garside
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007301:Insect Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides