Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 28 (Advances in Insect Physiology)

<b>Advances in Insect Physiology</b> is committed to publishing eclectic volumes containing comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. First published in 1963, it is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect biochemists.<br>In 1999, the Institute for Scientific Information released figures showing that <b>Advances in Insect Physiology</b> has an Impact Factor of 4.5, placing it second in the highly competitive category of Entomology.<br><br>Key Features<br>* This volume includes five reviews on the following topics:<br>* The Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian tubule<br>* Plasticity in the insect nervous system<br>* Neutral amino acid absorption in the midgut of lepidopteran larvae <br>* The unpaired median neurons of insects<br>* FMRFamide related peptides: a multifunctional family of structurally related neuropeptides in insects