Author

Dušan Žitňan

Observed names: D. Zitnan, D. Žitňan, D. Žitňan, DUSAN ZITNAN, Dusan Zitnan, Dus̆an Z̆itn̆an, Dušan Žitňan, Zitnan Dusan, Žitňan Dušan, Žitňan, Dušan

Institutions: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Observed institutions: University of California, Riverside, University of California, Irvine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

ORCID: 0000-0002-6101-1497

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-6101-1497

OpenAlex ID: A5044684359

The unique evolution of neuropeptide genes in the silkworm Bombyx mori

2008 · Ladislav Roller, Naoki Yamanaka, et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 289

Identification of Ecdysis-Triggering Hormone from an Epitracheal Endocrine System

1996 · Dušan Žitňan, Timothy G. Kingan, et al. · Science · 248

A Command Chemical Triggers an Innate Behavior by Sequential Activation of Multiple Peptidergic Ensembles

2006 · Young-Joon Kim, Dušan Žitňan, et al. · Current Biology · 227

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Neuropeptide Receptor Transcriptome Reveals Unidentified Neuroendocrine Pathways

2008 · Naoki Yamanaka, Sachie Yamamoto, et al. · PLoS ONE · 226

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Complex steroid–peptide–receptor cascade controls insect ecdysis

2007 · D. Žitňan, Y.-J. Kim, et al. · General and Comparative Endocrinology · 185

Steroid Induction of a Peptide Hormone Gene Leads to Orchestration of a Defined Behavioral Sequence

1999 · Dus̆an Z̆itn̆an, Linda S. Ross, et al. · Neuron · 180

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Natalisin, a tachykinin-like signaling system, regulates sexual activity and fecundity in insects

2013 · Hongbo Jiang, Ankhbayar Lkhagva, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 146

Neurons Producing Specific Neuropeptides in the Central Nervous System of Normal and Pupariation-Delayed Drosophila

1993 · Dušan Žitňan, František Sehnal, et al. · Developmental Biology · 140

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Ecdysis

2011 · D. Zitnan, M.E. Adams · Elsevier eBooks · 136

Accumulation of neuropeptides in the cerebral neurosecretory system of Manduca sexta Larvae Parasitized by the Braconid Wasp Cotesia congregata

1995 · Dušan Žitňan, Timothy G. Kingan, et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 132

Ecdysis triggering hormone signaling in arthropods

2009 · Ladislav Roller, Inka Žitňanová, et al. · Peptides · 113

Molecular cloning and biological activity of ecdysis‐triggering hormones in Drosophila melanogaster

1999 · Yoonseong Park, Dusan Zitnan, et al. · FEBS Letters · 111

Peptidergic innervation and endocrine cells of insect midgut

1993 · Dušan Žitňan, Ivo Šauman, et al. · Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology · 109

Conservation of ecdysis-triggering hormone signalling in insects

2003 · D. Žitňan, I. Žitňanová, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 94

The neuropeptide allatostatin C from clock-associated DN1p neurons generates the circadian rhythm for oogenesis

2021 · Chen Zhang, Ivana Daubnerova, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 90

Bombyx orcokinins are brain‐gut peptides involved in the neuronal regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis

2010 · Naoki Yamanaka, Ladislav Roller, et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 78

Molecular cloning and function of ecdysis-triggering hormones in the silkwormBombyx mori

2002 · Dušan Žitňan, Laura Hollar, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 67

Secretory competence in a gateway endocrine cell conferred by the nuclear receptor βFTZ-F1 enables stage-specific ecdysone responses throughout development in Drosophila

2013 · Kook-Ho Cho, Ivana Daubnerová, et al. · Developmental Biology · 60

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Neuroendocrine Regulation of Insect Ecdysis

2005 · D. Zitnan, M.E. Adams · Elsevier eBooks · 60

Identification of neuropeptides in the midgut of parasitized insects: FLRFamides as candidate paracrines

1997 · Timothy G Kingan, Dusan Zitnan, et al. · Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology · 58

Parasitism-induced accumulation of FMRF amide-like peptides in the gut innervation and endocrine cells of Manduca sexta

1995 · Dusan Zitnan, Timothy G. Kingan, et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 58

Evidence for D1 Dopamine Receptor Activation by a Paracrine Signal of Dopamine in Tick Salivary Glands

2011 · Ladislav Šimo, Juraj Koči, et al. · PLoS ONE · 51

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Strategic expression of ion transport peptide gene products in central and peripheral neurons of insects

2006 · Li Dai, Dusan Zitnan, et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 50

Identification of Ecdysis-Triggering Hormone in the SilkwormBombyx mori

1997 · Michael E. Adams, Dusan Zitnan · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 50

Midgut endocrine cells

1996 · F. Sehnal, D. Žitňan · Springer eBooks · 49

Works count: 67

Citation count: 3,442

H-index: 30

I10-index: 40