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. 2010 Oct 21;4:167. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00167

Table 1.

Central and peripheral location of neuro-endocrine substances involved in male and female reproduction of hermaphroditic freshwater snails.

Sex Transmitter Ganglion Neuron cluster References
Male APGW Cerebral Anterior lobe Li et al. (1992); Smit et al. (1992); De Lange and Van Minnen (1998); Koene et al. (2000)
Ventral lobe Croll and Van Minnen (1992); De Lange et al. (1997)
Ring neuron Croll and Van Minnen (1992)
Pedal Ib cluster De Lange et al. (1997)
Peripheral Sensory preputium cells De Lange et al. (1998a)
Conopressin Cerebral Anterior lobe Smit et al. (1992); Croll and Van Minnen (1992); De Lange et al. (1997)
Ventral lobe Croll and Van Minnen (1992); De Lange et al. (1997)
Peripheral Sensory preputium cells De Lange et al. (1998a)
C-terminally located anterior lobe peptide (CALP) Cerebral Anterior lobe Li et al. (1992); Smit et al. (1992)
DEILSR Pleural and Parietal Dispersed neurons Van Golen et al. (1995a); De Lange et al. (1998b)
EFLRI Cerebral Ventral lobe Bright et al. (1993); Santama et al. (1993, 1995); Van Golen et al. (1995a)
FLRF Cerebral Ventral lobe Bright et al. (1993); Santama et al. (1993, 1995); Van Golen et al. (1995a)
FMRF Cerebral Ventral lobe Schott and Boer (1982)
FVRIs Cerebral Anterior lobe El Filali et al. (2006)
Pleural and Parietal Dispersed neurons
Pedal Ib cluster
G/SDPFLRF Pleural and Parietal Dispersed neurons Van Golen et al. (1995a)
Gonadotropin releasing hormone Cerebral Ventral lobe Young et al. (1999)
(GnRH) Lateral lobes
Lymnaea inhibitory peptides (LIP A, B, C) Cerebral Ventral lobe Van Golen et al. (1995a,b); Smit et al. (2003)
Pleural and Parietal Dispersed neurons De Lange et al. (1998b)
Peripheral Sensory preputium cells De Lange et al. (1998a)
Lymnaea neuropeptide Y (LyNPY) Cerebral Anterior lobeVentral lobe
Ventral lobe
Croll and Van Minnen (1992); Smit et al. (1992); De Lange et al. (1997)
Pleural and Parietal Dispersed neurons
Pedal Ib cluster De Lange et al. (1997)
Myomodulins Cerebral Pedal Ventral lobe Ib cluster Li et al. (1994a); Van Golen et al. (1996)
Pedal peptide (PP) Cerebral Anterior lobe Croll and Van Minnen (1992); De Lange et al. (1997)
Ventral lobe
Pleural and Parietal Dispersed neurons
Peripheral Sensory preputium cells De Lange et al. (1998a)
pQFYRI Cerebral Ventral lobe Bright et al. (1993); Santama et al. (1993, 1995); Van Golen et al. (1995a)
SEEPLY Cerebral Ventral lobe Bright et al. (1993); Santama et al. (1993, 1995); Van Golen et al. (1995a)
Serotonin (5HT) Pedal Ventral lobe Kemenes et al. (1989)
Cerebral Ib cluster Elekes et al. (1988); Croll and Chiasson (1989); Kemenes et al. (1989); Hetherington et al. (1994)
Female 1788Da: HF(FH)FYGPYDVFQRDV Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Jiménez et al. (2004)
5895Da Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Jiménez et al. (2004)
Amino terminal peptide (Nt) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Calfluxin (CaFl) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Carboxyl terminal peptide (CTP) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Caudodorsal cell hormone (CDCH) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Caudodorsal cell peptide α (α-CDCP) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Caudodorsal cell peptide β1 (β1-CDCP) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Caudodorsal cell peptide β2 (β2-CDCP) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Caudodorsal cell peptide β3 (β3-CDCP) Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
Dorsal body hormone (DBH) Supracerebral Dorsal bodies Joosse (1964); Geraerts and Joosse (1975); Wijdenes et al. (1983)
LFRF Cerebral Lateral lobes Hoek et al. (2005)
Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) Cerebral Lateral lobes Young et al. (1999)
γ-Peptide Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
δ-Peptide Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)
ε-Peptide Cerebral Caudodorsal cells Geraerts et al. (1983, 1985); Vreugdenhil et al. (1988); Li et al. (1994b)