Enteroendocrine peptides regulate feeding behavior via controlling intestinal contraction of the silkworm Bombyx mori.

Our previous study demonstrated that predominant feeding inhibitory effects were found in the crude extracts of foregut and midgut of the silkworm Bombyx mori larvae. To address the entero-intestinal control crucial for the regulation of insect feeding behavior, the present study identified and func...

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Main Authors: Sumihiro Matsumoto, Natsumaro Kutsuna, Ivana Daubnerová, Ladislav Roller, Dušan Žitňan, Hiromichi Nagasawa, Shinji Nagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219050