Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology · 1989 ·

This volume contains the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology (ICINN'89), which was held at the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, on July 10-12, 1989. The ICINN meetings were ini tiated in 1983 at a time when insect neurobiology was emerging as a vigorous sector of entomology, requiring a degree of attention and autonomy long before granted to its sister field, vertebrate neurobiol ogy. The distinctly medical aspects of the latter were replaced by potentiali ties for developing new approaches to insect control, and the difference was reflected in the kind of sponsorship that has made the ICINNs possible. It is to the credit of the sponsors of the present con ference, i. e. , Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agri culture,American Cyanamid, BASF, Dow Chemical USA, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Monsanto, Nippon Soda, Rohm and Haas, and Sandoz Crop Protection, that they recognized the need for providing a forum for specialized scientific presentations as well as a medium by which ideas and information could be exchanged directly and cooperation could be planned. As in the previous conferences in 1983 and 1986, the ICINN'89 program contained state-of-the-art plenary lectures or reviews by invited speakers as well as shorter research communications pre sented orally or as posters. The latter two are included here in three sections: neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and neurophysiology.

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Borkovec and Masler's timely new volume-Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology . 1989-provides a wide-ranging survey of forefront research in every key area of insect neuroscience by contributors who are internationally renowned authorities in their fields. Divided into three main sections- Neuroanatomy, Neurochemistry, and Neurophysiology, this vanguard collection of original research papers and reviews presented here cover a broad spectrum of topics, including: . neuropeptides . neurodevelopment . neuroendocrinology . blood-brain barrier . eclosion hormone gene . neuroparsins . hypertrehalosemic hormone . oostatic hormone . sex pheromone biosynthesis . corpora allata activity . ecdysiotropins . protein kinase C . ecdysteroid production . precocene II . hypolipemic hormone . neuroanatomy . serotonergic modulation . neurosecretory cells . octopaminergic modulation. tyramine-b-hydroxylase . metabolism of inositol phosphates . genetically engineered baculovirus pesticides . juvenile hormone production . endocrinology of embyrogenesis . molt inhibition by azadirachtin . prothoracicotropic hormone . metabolic changes in nerve tissue . regulation of vitellogenesis . uptake and binding of ponasterone A . gene expression during pupal-adult neurogenesis . chemical regulators of female reproductive muscle function . proctolin and female reproductive tissue immunochemistry. Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology . 1989 is an indispensable resource and reference for all workers in the neurosciences, entomology, pesticide research, and related areas.

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Reviews.- Summaries of Recent Research.- List of Participants.- Author Index.