supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52175269);the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52021003);Science and Technology Research Project of Education Department of Jilin Province(JJKH20231146KJ,JJKH20241262KJ);Project ZR2024ME104 supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation;China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2024M751086).
Numerous arthropods evolve and optimize sensory systems, enabling them to effectively adapt complex and competitive habitats. Typically, scorpions can precisely perceive the prey location with the lowest metabolic rat...
financially supported by the Grant GO995/48-1 to S.N.G.from the National Priority Program SPP2416″Code-Chi-Chitin,chitosan and chitooligosaccharides and their interaction with proteins of the extracellular matrix and cellular signaling”of the German Science Foundation(DFG).
Scorpions are distributed almost all over the world and inhabit rainforests,deserts,mountains,and littoral zones.Their multifunctional chelae play a key role in their biology.The chela is the pincer that has originate...
supported by the Special Research Fund of Ghent University and Research Foundation Flanders(FWO).CNTT is recipient of a senior postdoctoral fellowship from FWO(grant number 12V5722N).
Insect-specific neurotoxic peptides derived from the venoms of scorpions and spiders can cause acute paralysis and death when injected into insects,offering a promising insecticidal component for insect pest control.H...
Autotomy,the self-induced loss of a body part,is one of the most extreme forms of defense against predation.It occurs in a variety of animal taxa,including both vertebrates and invertebrates(Fleming et al.2007).The mo...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.31772435,32170455);C.-M.S.is also supported by a starting fund from Hebei Agricultural University and the State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation(YJ2020028).
A comprehensive understanding of phylogeography requires the integration of knowledge across different organisms,ecosystems,and geographic regions.However,a critical knowledge gap exists in the arid biota of the vast ...
In the United States, envenomations by native scorpion species such as Centruroides are common and generally well-tolerated. On the contrary, Androctonus species envenomations are exceedingly rare outside the Middle E...
Insecticides are toxic chemicals used at homes for controlling insects of public health importance and controlling agricultural pests at home gardens. Their application may result in accidental poisoning. Four acciden...
Supported by the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine:the Verification of Efficacy and Safety for Chung-bu Medicinal Materials Described in the Dong Ui Bo Gam (K18411);Applicational Development of Standardized Herbal Resources (KSN1911420)。
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether scorpion extract elicits a neuroprotective effect in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine(MPTP)-treated mice models, and the genes associated with the therapeutic effects usin...