Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones: Proceedings in Life Sciences

I Peptide Hormones.- I.1 Hormonal Control of Regeneration in Hydra.- I.2 Peptidic Hormones in Annelids.- I.3 Recent Progress in Endocrinology of Molluscs.- I.4 The Structure of the Commands for a Neuropeptide-Mediated Behavior, Egg-Laying, in an Opisthobranch Mollusc.- I.5 Studies on Release Activities of the Neurosecretory Caudo-Dorsal Cells of Lymnaea stagnalis.- I.6 Roles of Calcium and cAMP in Biosynthesis and Release of the Ovulation Hormone of the Freshwater Snail Lymnaea stagnalis.- I.7 The Egg-Laying Behavior of the Pond Snail: Electrophysiological Aspects.- I.8 Prothoracicotropic Hormone of Bombyx mori.- I.9 Neurohormonal Regulation of Molting and Metamorphosis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta.- I.10 Isolation of an Allatotropic Factor in Locusta migratoria and Its Effect on Corpus Allatum Activity in Vitro.- I.11 Neurosecretion in Insects: Multisynthesis, Mode of Action, and Multiregulation.- I.12 Neuropeptides of Vertebrate Type in the Blowfly, Calliphora.- I.13 Peptides from the Corpora cardiaca and CNS of Locusts.- I.14 Adipokinetic Hormones in Locusts.- I.15 Ecdysteroids Regulate the Release and Action of Eclosion Hormone in the Moth Manduca sexta.- I.16 Studies on Crustacean Eyestalk Neuropeptides by Use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography.- I.17 Present State of Knowledge on the Chemical Nature of the Androgenic Hormone in Higher Crustaceans.- II Ecdysteroids.- II.1 Ecdysteroids in Ovaries and Embryos of Locusta migratoria.- II.2 Biosynthesis of Ovarian Ecdysteroid Phosphates and Their Metabolic Fate During Embryogenesis in Schistocerca gregaria.- II.3 Ecdysone Metabolism.- II.4 Ecdysone 20-Monooxygenases.- II.5 Ecdysteroids and Integuments in Locusts.- II.6 Relationships Between Hormones and Epidermal Cell Cycles During the Metamorphosis ofTenebrio molitor.- II.7 On the Mode of Action of Ecdysteroids in Crustaceans.- II.8 Hormonal Control of Sequential Gene Expression in Insect Epidermis.- II.9 Ecdysteroid Regulation of the Major Transcripts of Drosophila melanogaster Larval Salivary Glands and Fat Bodies.- II.10 Ecdysteroid-Regulated Puffs and Genes in Drosophila.- II.11 Pleiotropic Specific Responses Induced by Ecdysterone in the Cultured Kc Cells of Drosophila melanogaster.- II.12 The Action of Ecdysone in Imaginal Discs and Kc Cells of Drosophila melanogaster.- II.13 Ecdysteroids in Helminths.- II.14 Ecdysteroids in Schistosomes and Host-Parasite Relationship.- II.15 The Occurrence and Possible Physiological Significance of Ecdysteroids During Nematode and Cestode Development.- II.16 Ecdysteroids in Annelids.- III Juvenile Hormones.- III.1 Radioimmunoassays of Juvenile Hormones. State of the Methods and Recent Data on Validation.- III.2 The Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Juvenile Hormones by Mass Spectrometry.- III.3 Juvenile Hormones O, I, and II Exist Only in Lepidoptera.- III.4 Biochemical Aspects of Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in Hemimetabola.- III.5 Regulation of Juvenile Hormone Titer in the Adult Female Cockroach Diploptera punctata.- III.6 Environmentally Controlled Changes in Juvenile Hormone Titers: The Colorado Potato Beetle as a Model System.- III.7 The Role of Juvenile Hormone Metabolism in the Metamorphosis of Selected Lepidoptera.- III.8 Hemolymph Transport of the Juvenile Hormones.- III.9 Photoaffinity Labelling of Juvenile Hormone-Binding Proteins in Leucophaea maderae.- III.10 Regulation of Vitellogenesis in Insects: The Pleiotropic Role of Juvenile Hormones.- III.11 On Titers, Origin, and Functions of Juvenile Hormone III, Methylfarnesoate, and Ecdysteroids in Embryonic Development of the Ovoviviparous Cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea.- III.12 Defining the Anti-Metamorphic Action of Juvenile Hormone.- III.13 Vitellogenin Synthesis in Locust Fat Body: Juvenile Hormone-Stimulated Gene Expression.- IV Hormonal Mechanisms in Echinoderms.- IV.1 Early Steps in Transduction of the Hormonal Signal Controlling Starfish Oocyte Maturation.- IV.2 Production of the Maturation-Promoting Factor (MPF) Following Hormonal Stimulation of Starfish Oocytes.- IV.3 Hormonal Mechanism of Starfish Spawning.- Genera Index.