title: Crustacean neuropeptides.
abstract: Crustaceans have long been used for peptide research. For example, the process of neurosecretion was first formally demonstrated in the crustacean X-organ-sinus gland system, and the first fully characterized invertebrate neuropeptide was from a shrimp. Moreover, the crustacean stomatogastric and cardiac nervous systems have long served as models for understanding the general principles governing neural circuit functioning, including modulation by peptides. Here, we review the basic biology of crustacean neuropeptides, discuss methodologies currently driving their discovery, provide an overview of the known families, and summarize recent data on their control of physiology and behavior.
authors: Program in Neuroscience, John W. and Jean C. Boylan Center for Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Old Bar Harbor Road, P.O. Box 35, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672, USA. achristi@mdibl.org
authors: Andrew E
authors: AE
authors: Christie
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Stemmler
authors: Patsy S
authors: PS
authors: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003445:Crustacea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides