Contents
           Refereed Publications
           Conference Abstracts
           MSc Theses

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Refereed Publications
(* means student author)

Fuse M, JW Truman (2002). Modulation of ecdysis in the moth, Manduca sexta; the roles of the suboesophageal and thoracic ganglia. J Exp Biol 205(8):1047-1058. [pdf]

Lee E, A Lange, I Orchard, M Fuse, SS Tobe, WG Bendena, BC Donly (2002) Characterization and baculovirus-directed expression of a myosuppressin encoding cDNA from the true armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta. Peptides 23(4):747-756 [pdf]

Fuse M, JR Zhang, E Partridge, RJ Nachman, I Orchard, WG Bendena, SS Tobe (1999). Effects of an allatostatin and a myosuppressin on midgut carbohydrate enzyme activity in the cockroach Diploptera punctata. Peptides 20(11):1285-1293 [pdf]

Fuse M, I Orchard (1998). The muscular contractions of the midgut of the cockroach, Diploptera punctata: effects of the insect neuropeptides proctolin and leucomyosuppressin. Reg Peptides 77:163-168 [pdf]

Fuse M, WG Bendena, BC Donly, SS Tobe, and I Orchard (1998). In situ hybridization analysis of leucomyosuppressin mRNA expression in the cockroach Diploptera punctata. J Comp Neurol 395(3):328-341 [pdf]

Bendena WG, BC Donly, M Fuse, E Lee, AB Lange, I Orchard, SS Tobe (1997). Molecular characterization of the inhibitory myotropic peptide leucomyosuppressin. Peptides 18(1):157-163 [pdf]

Fuse M, I Orchard (1997). Putative roles for the neuropeptide leucomyosuppressin in the midgut of the cockroach, Diploptera punctata. In: S Kawashima, S Kikuyama, ed. Advances in comparative endocrinology: Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology. Italy: Monduzzi Editore, 619-622

Orchard I, BC Donly, M Fuse, AB Lange, SS Tobe, WG Bendena (1997). FMRFamide-related peptides in insects, with emphasis on the myosuppressins. In: BE Beckwith, A Saria, BM Chronwall, CA Sandman, FL Strand, ed. Neuropeptides in development and aging. New York: Annals N.Y. Acad Sci 814:335-338.

Fuse M, DW Ali, I Orchard (1996). The distribution and partial characterization of FMRFamide-related peptides in the salivary glands of the locust, Locusta migratoria. Cell Tissue Res 284(3):425-433 [pdf]

Donly BC, M Fuse, I Orchard, SS Tobe, WG Bendena (1996). Characterization of the gene for leucomyosuppressin and its expression in the brain of the cockroach Diploptera punctata. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 26(6):627-637 [pdf]

Fuse M, KG Davey, RI Sommerville (1993). Osmoregulation in the parasitic nematode Pseudoterranova decipiens. J Exp Biol 175:127-142 [pdf]

Fuse M, KG Davey, RI Sommerville (1993). Water compartments and osmoregulation in the parasitic nematode Pseudoterranova decipiens. J Exp Biol 175:143-152 [pdf]

Davey KG, RI Sommerville, M Fuse (1993). Stress-induced failure of osmoregulation in the parasitic nematode Pseudoterranova decipiens: indirect evidence for hormonal regulation. J Exp Biol 180:263-271 [pdf]

Representative Presentations
(*  = undergrad / ** = grad)

Drexler A**, C Harris**, M Fuse (2005). Partial Characterization of a Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone-like peptide in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.  Invertebrate Neuropeptide Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand. [pdf]

Fuse M, M Asuncion-Uchi**, A Vaughan (2005). ETH and EH act differentially on CCAP neurons during the initiation of ecdysis behaviors in the moth, Manduca sexta.  Invertebrate Neuropeptide Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand. [abs]

Ayala C**, M Fuse (2004). Effects of Decapitation on Cellular Activation during Ecdysis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta. West Coast Nerve Net; Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. [abs]

Salmon A**, C Wells*, A Zadel*, M Fuse (fall: 2004). Structure-Function Analysis of Ecdysis Triggering Hormone Activity in Manduca sexta.  Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.  [pdf]

Wells C*, K Aparicio*, M Fuse (2003). Activity of Ecdysis Triggering Hormone analogs in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Invertebrate Neuropeptide Conference, Tasman, Australia. [abs]

Wells C*, K Aparicio*, A Salmon*, A Zadel*, M Fuse (2004). In vitro analysis of Ecdysis Triggering Hormone (ETH): Establishing a Structure-Activity Relationship.  Gordon Conference on Neural Development, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. [pdf]

Modilevsky L*, C Orchanian* (equal authorship), M Lewin, M Fuse (2004). Effects of Isolation and Crowding on Nociceptive Sensitization in the caterpillar, Manduca sexta.  COSE Student Showcase, SFSU. [pdf]

Beale H*, M Fuse (2003). Computer Analysis of Whole Animal Behaviors: A Novel Method of Analyzing Insect Ecdysis.  Society for Neuroscience Conference, New Orleans, LA.  [pdf]

Harris C**, M Asuncion-Uchi**, M Fuse (2003). Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone, a possible endocrine regulator of ecdysis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta. Pacific AAAS Conference, San Francisco, CA. [pdf]