Search Results - "Spring, J H"
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Hormonal regulation in insects: facts, gaps, and future directions
Published in Physiological reviews (01-10-1997)“…There are two main classes of hormones in insects: 1) the true hormones produced by epithelial glands and belonging to the ecdysteroids or juvenile hormones…”
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Modes of control of insect Malpighian tubules: synergism, antagonism, cooperation and autonomous regulation
Published in Journal of insect physiology (01-02-2000)“…Rates of fluid and ion secretion by insect Malpighian tubules are controlled by peptides, including CRF-related peptides and kinins, and in some species by…”
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Tests of potential adipokinetic hormone precursor related peptide (APRP) functions: Lack of responses
Published in Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology (01-10-1999)“…The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) precursor related peptides (APRPs) are end products of the synthesis of the well‐conserved AKHs. The large amount of metabolic…”
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Membrane dynamics in the malpighian tubules of the house cricket, acheta domesticus
Published in The Journal of membrane biology (01-01-2002)“…In Acheta domesticus, the Malpighian tubules (Mt) are composed of three morphologically distinct regions (proximal, mid and distal), each consisting of a…”
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New technique for examining invertebrate membranes using high resolution scanning electron microscopy
Published in Microscopy research and technique (15-04-2000)“…Much has been learned from recent advances in research methods (TEM of think serial sections and computer reconstruction, freeze-fracture, freeze-etching)…”
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Excretion in the house cricket: stimulation of rectal reabsorption by homogenates of the corpus cardiacum
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-12-1993)“…1. We describe an in vitro perfused preparation of Acheta domesticus rectum which allows direct comparison of Malpighian tubule secretion and rectal absorption…”
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Adipokinetic Hormones in Fifth Instar Romalea guttata (Orthoptera: Acrididae): Activation of Glycogen Phosphorylase Does Not Produce Hypertrehalosemia
Published in The Florida entomologist (01-12-1998)“…Romalea guttata Houttuyn (= R. microptera Beavois) is flightless, lethargic, aposematic, and chemically defended. R. guttata stores large quantities of two…”
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Excretion in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus): stimulation of diuresis by tissue homogenates
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-05-1987)“…A new method is described for maintaining cricket Malpighian tubules in vitro. Warmed, oxygenated saline is circulated rapidly past the tubules, while the…”
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A novel target for antidiuretic hormone in insects
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (26-08-1988)“…Diuresis in insects is controlled by two antagonistic hormone groups: diuretic hormones, which promote water loss, and antidiuretic hormones, which inhibit it…”
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Morphology and ultrastructure of the malpighian tubules of the Chilean common tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
Published in Journal of morphology (1931) (01-01-2002)“…Relatively little is known about the morphology and ultrastructure of the Malpighian tubules of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Our study represents the first…”
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Differential effects of neuropeptides on the distal and mid-tubules of the house cricket
Published in Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology (1995)“…In the Malpighian tubules of Acheta, the distal and middle segments are functionally and morphologically quite distinct (Spring and Kim, Mol Comp Physiol…”
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Improved fixation and contrast of insect Malpighian tubules using osmium tetroxide-potassium ferricyanide
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Psychologists and the war: the meaning of intelligene in the alpha and beta tests
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Ultrastructural changes in the Malpighian tubules of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus, at the onset of diuresis: A time study
Published in Journal of morphology (1931) (01-01-2001)“…The Malpighian tubules (Mt) of insects are responsible for maintaining osmotic homeostasis and eliminating waste from the hemolymph. When stimulated by…”
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Fluid-phase endocytosis does not contribute to rapid fluid secretion in the malpighian tubules of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus
Published in The Journal of experimental zoology (01-01-2002)“…When the Malpighian tubules (Mt) of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) are treated with dibutyryl adenosine 3′, 5′‐cyclic monophosphate (db‐cAMP; 1 mM),…”
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Ion and water transport in the orthopteran alimentary canal: a comparison of Mantidae and Acrididae
Published in Journal of orthoptera research (01-08-2002)“…We measured hemolymph Na+ and K+ concentrations, gut Na+ and K+ concentrations, transepithelial electrical potentials (TEPs) and fluxes of Na+, K+ and water…”
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Studies on Locust Rectum
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-06-1980)“…The unidirectional fluxes of 36Cl− and 22Na+ across short-circuited locust recta bathed in a simple NaCl saline were followed with time. Unidirectional fluxes…”
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