Retrocerebral Complex
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1. Histological survey of protocerebral areas and retrocerebral complex of Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides workers (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) / Mapeamento histológico das áreas protocerebrais e do complexo retrocerebral de operárias de Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
The stingless bees colony comprises a queen, workers of diferent ages that perform different tasks and males only present before the queen´s fecundation. Among the workers, only the oldest ones foragers keep a direct contact with the light/dark environmental cycle. Biological rhythms are present and are generated by the circadian system located in the centr
Publicado em: 2009
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2. In vitro reprogramming of the photoperiodic clock in an insect brain-retrocerebral complex.
Pupal diapause in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta is a photoperiodically induced event expressed by the absence of release of the cerebral peptide prothoracicotropic hormone. A short-day photoperiod (light-dark, 12:12) during larval development programs the brain to forego the release of prothoracicotropic hormone in the pupal stage. Prothoracicotropic ho
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3. Spontaneous and evoked release of prothoracicotropin from multiple neurohemal organs of the tobacco hornworm
Release of neurohormone from putative cephalic neurohemal organs was directly demonstrated in an insect. The prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, was measured indirectly by its ability to stimulate the secretion of α-ecdysone by inactive prothoracic glands; the ecdysone was measured by radioimmunoassay. The PTTH released
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4. Cellular localization of the insect prothoracicotropic hormone: In vitro assay of a single neurosecretory cell
The distribution of prothoracicotropic hormone in the pupal brain of Manduca sexta has been determined by an in vitro assay for prothoracic gland activation. Prothoracicotropic activity was observed in both the brain and retrocerebral complex, but predominantly in the dorosolateral regions of the protocerebrum. Of the two groups of neurosecretory cells prese