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Proctolin

Chemical compound

Proctolin is a neuropeptide present in insects and crustaceans. It was first found in Periplaneta americana, a species of cockroach in 1975. Proctolin

Proctolin

Neuropeptide

Peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers

has several functions including regulating heart rate, allatostatin and proctolin regulate food intake and growth, and bursicon controls tanning of the

Neuropeptide

Central pattern generator

Biological neural circuit that produces rhythmic outputs in the absence of rhythmic input

elicit different patterns from the same network. Stimulation of different proctolin-containing projection neurons in the STG results in a distinct motor pattern

Central pattern generator

Central_pattern_generator

Rhodnius prolixus

Kissing bug, vector of Chagas disease

needed] Inherited sterility in insects Hematophagy Hemozoin Nitrophorins Proctolin Vector epidemiology Clément, Gilbert; Schaack, Sarah; Pace II, John K

Rhodnius prolixus

Rhodnius_prolixus

Insect neuropeptide

insect neuropeptides. Over the next 50 years, two insect neuropeptides—proctolin and adipokinetic hormone—were identified. This was followed by more rapid

Insect neuropeptide

Insect_neuropeptide

Stomatogastric ganglion

modulatory inputs. These neuromodulators, such as serotonin, dopamine, proctolin, FLRFamide-like peptides, and red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH)

Stomatogastric ganglion

Stomatogastric_ganglion

Cotesia congregata

Species of wasp

bombyxin, allatostatin, allatotropin, diuretic hormone, FMRFamide, and proctolin. Other proteins were found in increased concentration in hosts from which

Cotesia congregata