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Janhenning Dirks - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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both stiff and compliant morphological and biomechanical adaptations of stick insect antennae for tactile exploration
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2018Co-Authors: H Rajabi, Volker Dürr, A Shafiei, A Darvizeh, Stanislav N Gorb, Janhenning DirksAbstract:Active tactile exploration behaviour is constrained to a large extent by the morphological and biomechanical properties of the animal's somatosensory system. In the model organism Carausius morosus...
Ansgar Büschges - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transcriptomic and neuropeptidomic analysis of the stick insect Carausius morosus
Journal of Proteome Research, 2018Co-Authors: Sander Liessem, Lapo Ragionieri, Susanne Neupert, Ansgar Büschges, Reinhard PredelAbstract:One of the most thoroughly studied insect species, with respect to locomotion behavior, is the stick insect Carausius morosus. Although detailed information exists on premotor networks controlling walking, surprisingly little is known about neuropeptides, which are certainly involved in motor activity generation and modulation. So far, only few neuropeptides were identified from C. morosus or related stick insects. We performed a transcriptome analysis of the central nervous system to assemble and identify 65 neuropeptide and protein hormone precursors of C. morosus, including five novel putative neuropeptide precursors without clear homology to known neuropeptide precursors of other insects (Carausius neuropeptide-like precursor 1, HanSolin, PK-like1, PK-like2, RFLamide). Using Q Exactive Orbitrap and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, 277 peptides including 153 likely bioactive mature neuropeptides were confirmed. Peptidomics yielded a complete coverage for many of the neuropeptide propeptides and confirmed a...
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cholinergic currents in leg motoneurons of Carausius morosus
Journal of Neurophysiology, 2010Co-Authors: Eugênio E. Oliveira, Andreas Pippow, Vincent L Salgado, Ansgar Büschges, Joachim Schmidt, Peter KloppenburgAbstract:We used patch-clamp recordings and fast optical Ca2+ imaging to characterize an acetylcholine-induced current (IACh) in leg motoneurons of the stick insect Carausius morosus. Our long-term goal is ...
Reinhard Predel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transcriptomic and neuropeptidomic analysis of the stick insect Carausius morosus
Journal of Proteome Research, 2018Co-Authors: Sander Liessem, Lapo Ragionieri, Susanne Neupert, Ansgar Büschges, Reinhard PredelAbstract:One of the most thoroughly studied insect species, with respect to locomotion behavior, is the stick insect Carausius morosus. Although detailed information exists on premotor networks controlling walking, surprisingly little is known about neuropeptides, which are certainly involved in motor activity generation and modulation. So far, only few neuropeptides were identified from C. morosus or related stick insects. We performed a transcriptome analysis of the central nervous system to assemble and identify 65 neuropeptide and protein hormone precursors of C. morosus, including five novel putative neuropeptide precursors without clear homology to known neuropeptide precursors of other insects (Carausius neuropeptide-like precursor 1, HanSolin, PK-like1, PK-like2, RFLamide). Using Q Exactive Orbitrap and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, 277 peptides including 153 likely bioactive mature neuropeptides were confirmed. Peptidomics yielded a complete coverage for many of the neuropeptide propeptides and confirmed a...
Peter Kloppenburg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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cholinergic currents in leg motoneurons of Carausius morosus
Journal of Neurophysiology, 2010Co-Authors: Eugênio E. Oliveira, Andreas Pippow, Vincent L Salgado, Ansgar Büschges, Joachim Schmidt, Peter KloppenburgAbstract:We used patch-clamp recordings and fast optical Ca2+ imaging to characterize an acetylcholine-induced current (IACh) in leg motoneurons of the stick insect Carausius morosus. Our long-term goal is ...
Volker Dürr - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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both stiff and compliant morphological and biomechanical adaptations of stick insect antennae for tactile exploration
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2018Co-Authors: H Rajabi, Volker Dürr, A Shafiei, A Darvizeh, Stanislav N Gorb, Janhenning DirksAbstract:Active tactile exploration behaviour is constrained to a large extent by the morphological and biomechanical properties of the animal's somatosensory system. In the model organism Carausius morosus...
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Stick Insect Antennae
Scholarpedia of Touch, 2015Co-Authors: Volker DürrAbstract:Insects have an elaborate sense of touch. Their most important source for tactile information is the pair of feelers on the head: the antennae (Figure 1; singular: antenna). The stick insect Carausius morosus is one of four major study organisms for the insect tactile sense. Open image in new window Figure 1 The stick insect Carausius morosus (de Sinety 1901) carries a pair of long and straight feelers, or antennae. They are the main sensory organs for touch and smell