Advances in Invertebrate (Neuro)Endocrinology

Saber Saleuddin, PhD, is a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology, York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Angela B. Lange, PhD, was Chair of the Department of Biology, Acting Vice-Principal and Dean, and is currently Vice-Dean, Faculty, at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Ian Orchard, DSc, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus, Biology, of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

• Volume 1 1. Cnidarian Peptide Signaling Molecules 2. Sex-Inducing Substances Breakdown Dormancy in Planarian Postembryonic Reproductive Development 3. Fine Tuning of Behaviors through Neuropeptide Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans 4. Annelids Neuro-Endrocrino-Immune Response 5. Neuropeptide Signalling in Echinoderms: From “Physiologic Activity of Nerve Extracts” to Neuropeptidomics and Beyond 6. Endocrine Control of Gametogenesis and Spawning in Bivalves 7. Peptidergic Systems in the Pond Snail Lymnaea: From Genes to Hormones and Behavior 8. A Critical Review of Sex Steroid Hormones and the Induction Mechanisms of Imposex in Gastropod Mollusks 9. Hormones May Shape Sexual Behavior in Cephalopods 10. Physiological Functions of Gastropod Peptides and Neurotransmitters 11. Ascidian Neuropeptides and Peptide Hormones Volume 2 1. Juvenile Hormone Regulation and Action 2. Molecular Functions of Ecdysteroids in Insects 3. Adipokinetic Hormone: A Hormone for All Seasons? 4. Sex-Related Peptides of Male Insects 5. Endocrine Control of Pupal Diapause in the Cabbage Army Moth Mamestra brassicae 6. Hormonal Control of Diuresis in Insects 7. Stayin’ Alive: Endocrinological Stress Responses in Insects 8. Insect GPCRs and Development of Mimetic Analogs of the Insect Kinin, Pyrokinin-Like and Sulfakinin Neuropeptide Classes as Pest Management Tools