NEUROENDOCRINE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE EFFECTS OF SCHISTOSOME PARASITES ON THEIR INTERMEDIATE SNAIL HOST

Authors
DEJONGBRINK M
Citation
M. Dejongbrink, NEUROENDOCRINE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE EFFECTS OF SCHISTOSOME PARASITES ON THEIR INTERMEDIATE SNAIL HOST, INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, 22(1-3), 1992, pp. 127-138
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology",Zoology
Journal title
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT → ACNP
ISSN journal
07924259
Volume
22
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1992
Pages
127 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0792-4259(1992)22:1-3<127:NMUTEO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The hypothesis that schistosome parasites influence physiological proc esses in their snail host by interfering with the (neuro-) endocrine s ystems regulating these processes has been verified by data obtained o n the effects of parasitosis on reproduction and growth. Reproduction and growth, which show an inverse relationship, are clearly disturbed in parasitized snails. Schistosomin, a pepide of 79 amino acids, has a ppeared to play a crucial role in establishing these effects.