"Neuroethoendocrinology": integration of field and laboratory studies in insect neuroendocrinology.
Progress in the field of insect neuroendocrinology has been rapid despite the relatively small number of investigators working on insect systems. This progress, in part, reflects the ease of studying insect behavior in the laboratory, and a historical perspective reveals that insect neuroendocrinology has been dominated since its inception by laboratory studies. Recent advances in methodology and a renewed interest in the concept of behavioral state in insects suggest that it might be useful for insect neuroendocrinologists to spend a little more time in the field.
Fahrbach
Susan E
SE
Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Box 7325 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. fahrbach@wfu.edu
Mesce
Karen A
KA
D000818:Animals; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D018978:Molting / Q000502:physiology*; D009452:Neuroendocrinology / Q000379:methods; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D009655:Octopamine / Q000502:physiology*
D007301:Insect Hormones; D009655:Octopamine