DOI: 10.1242/jeb.40.2.247. Excretion in the Blood-Sucking Bug, <i>Rhodnius Prolixus</i> Stål

Excretion in the Blood-Sucking Bug, Rhodnius Prolixus Stål

10.1242/jeb.40.2.247

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Journal of Experimental Biology (237)

Abstract

ABSTRACT The mechanism underlying diuresis in Rhodnius has been investigated. An isolated preparation of the Malpighian tubules of a 5th-instar larva is described. The rate of secretion by such a preparation, isolated in a drop of haemolymph, is at first high but soon falls to a low level. It can be restored by the addition of haemolymph taken from an insect during diuresis. It has been shown that diuresis is promoted by some substance, presumably a neurohormone, which can be extracted from the posterior neurosecretory cells of the fused ganglionic mass situated in the mesothorax.

Bibliography

Maddrell, S. H. P. (1963). Excretion in the Blood-Sucking Bug, Rhodnius Prolixus StÃ¥l. Journal of Experimental Biology, 40(2), 247â256.

Authors 1

S. H. P. Maddrell (first)

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10.1007/BF00631402 / Naturwissen-schaften / Wesen und Wirkungweise von Neurohormonen im Tierreich by Gersch (1957)
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Created	4 years, 4 months ago (April 25, 2021, 10:59 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 8 months ago (Dec. 10, 2023, 8:16 a.m.)
Indexed	1 month ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 8:03 a.m.)
Issued	62 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 1963)
Published	62 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 1963)
Published Online	62 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 1963)
Published Print	62 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 1963)

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