Hormonal regulation and segmental specificity of motoneuron phenotype during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.

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The abdominal prolegs of Manduca sexta larvae are eliminated at the onset of metamorphosis. Previous work showed that the prepupal peak of ecdysteroids in the hemolymph causes the dendritic arbors of proleg motoneurons to regress and a stereotyped subset of the motoneurons to die. In the present study we investigated the parameters of ecdysteroid exposure that are important for eliciting these responses by...

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