Journal article
Effects of crustacean cardioactive peptide on the hearts of two Orthopteran insects, and the demonstration of a Frank–Starling-like effect
Abstract
Like vertebrate cardiovascular systems, the dorsal vessel of the Orthopteran insects Baculum extradentatum and Locusta migratoria is under myogenic as well as neural control, through the action of neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and neurohormones. It was previously shown that the excitatory neuropeptide, crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP), triggers an increase in heart rate in B. extradentatum, and CCAP-like immunoreactivity is present …
Authors
da Silva SR; da Silva R; Lange AB
Journal
General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 171, No. 2, pp. 218–224
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.01.015
ISSN
0016-6480