Parasite Neuromusculature and its Utility as a Drug Target

Preface A. G. Maule and Tim A. Day; Functional genomics of nematode acetylcholinesterases, M. E. Selkirk, O. Lazari and J. B. Matthews; Classical transmitters and their receptors in flatworms P. Ribeiro, F. El-Shehabi and N. Patocka; Neuropeptide signalling systems in flatworms P. McVeigh, M. J. Kimber, E. Novozhilova and T. A. Day; Signal transduction in larval trematodes: putative systems associated with regulating larval motility and behaviour J. J. Vermeire, J. E. Humphries and T. P. Yoshino; Drug resistance and neurotransmitter receptors of nematodes: recent studies on the mode of action of levamisole R. J. Martin, S. Verma, M. Levandoski, C. L. Clark, H. Qian, M. T. Stewart and A. P. Robertson; Glutamate-gated chloride channels and the mode of action of the avermectin/milbemycin anthelmintics A. J. Wolstenholme and A. T. Rogers; Ca2+ signalling, voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and praziquantel in flatworm neuromusculature R. M. Greenberg; The ever-expanding neuropeptide gene families in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans C. Li; Neuromuscular function in plant parasitic nematodes: a target for novel control strategies? M. J. Kimber and C. C. Fleming; Inter-phyla studies on neuropeptides: the potential for broad-spectrum anthelmintic and/or endectocide discovery A. Mousley, A.G. Maule, D. W. Halton and N. J. Marks; Nematode neuropeptide receptors and their development as anthelmintic screens K. Greenwood, T. Williams and T. Geary; Resistance as a tool for discovering and understanding targets in parasite neuromusculature N. C. Sangster, J. Song and J. Demeler.