Boer, H.H., Schot, L.P.C., Veenstra, J.A. & Reichelt, D.

(1980) Immunocytochemical identification of neural

elements in the central nervous system of a snail, some insects, a fish, and a mammal with an
antiserum to the molluscan cardio-excitatory tetrapeptide FMRF-amide. Cell and Tissue Research
213, 21-27.
Ter Maat, A., Lodder, J.C., Veenstra, J. & Goldschmeding, J.T. (1982) Suppression of egg-laying during
starvation in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis by inhibition of the ovulation hormone producing caudo-
dorsal cells. Brain Research 239, 535-542.
Schooneveld, H., Tesser, G.I., Veenstra, J.A. & Romberg-Privee, H.M. (1983) Adipokinetic hormone and
AKH-like peptide demonstrated in the corpora cardiaca and nervous system of Locusta migratoria by
immunocytochemistry. Cell and Tissue Research 230, 67-76.
Veenstra, J.A. & Schooneveld, H. (1984) Immunocytochemical localization of neurons in the nervous
system of the Colorado potato beetle with antisera against FMRFamide and bovine pancreatic
polypeptide. Cell and Tissue Research 235, 303-308.
Veenstra, J.A., Romberg-Privee, H.M. & Schooneveld, H. (1984) Immunocytochemical localization of
peptidergic cells in the neuro-endocrine system of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa
decemlineata, with antisera against vasopressin, vasotocin and oxytocin. Histochemistry 81, 29-34.
Veenstra, J.A. (1984) Immunocytochemical demonstration of a homology in peptidergic
neurosecretory cells in the suboesophageal ganglion of a beetle and a locust with antisera to bovine
pancreatic polypeptide, FMRFamide, vasopressin and a-MSH. Neuroscience Letters 48, 185-190.
Veenstra, J.A. & Yanaihara, N. (1984) Immunocytochemical localization of gastrin-releasing
peptide/bombesin-like immunoreactive neurons in insects. Histochemistry 81, 133-138.
Schooneveld, H., Romberg-Privee, H.M. & Veenstra, J.A. (1985) Adipokinetic hormone-immunoreactive
peptide in the endocrine and central nervous sytem of several insect species: A comparative
immunocytochemical approach. General and comparative Endocrinology 57, 184-194.
Veenstra, J.A., Romberg-Privee, H.M., Schooneveld, H & Polak, J.M. (1985a) Immunocytochemical
localization of peptidergic neurons and neurosecretory cells in the neuro-endocrine system of the
Colorado potato beetle with antisera to vertebrate regulatory peptides. Histochemistry 82, 9-18.
Veenstra, J.A., Romberg-Privee, H.M. & Schooneveld, H.M. (1985b) A proctolin-like peptide and its
immunocytochemical localization in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Cell and
Tissue Research 240, 535-540.
Schooneveld, H., Romberg-Privee, H.M. & Veenstra, J.A. (1986) Immunocytochemical differentiation
between adipokinetic hormone (AKH)-like peptides in neurons and glandular cells in the corpus
cardiacum of Locusta migratoria and Periplaneta americana with C-terminal and N-terminal specific
antisera to AKH. Cell and Tissue Research 243, 9-14.
Veenstra, J.A. (1987) Diversity in neurohaemal organs for homologous neurosecretory cells in different
insect species as demonstrated by immunocytochemistry with an antiserum to molluscan
cardioexcitatory peptide. Neuroscience Letters 73, 33-37.
Schooneveld, H., Romberg-Privee, H.M. & Veenstra, J.A. (1987) Phylogenetic differentiation of glandular
cells in corpora cardiaca as studied immunocytochemically with region-specific antisera to adipokinetic
hormone. Journal of Insect Physiology 33, 167-176.
Veenstra, J.A. (1988a) Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine on the Malpighian tubules of Aedes aegypti. Journal
of Insect Physiology 34, 299-304.
Veenstra, J.A. (1988b) Immunocytochemical demonstration of vertebrate peptides in invertebrates: the
homology concept. Neuropeptides 12, 49-54.
Veenstra, J.A. (1989a) The apparent absence of a homeostatic hypotrehalosaemic hormone in the German
cockroach (Blattella germanica). Journal of Insect Physiology 35, 57-61.
Veenstra, J.A. (1989b) Isolation and strucure of corazonin, a cardioactive peptide from the American
cockroach. FEBS Letters 250, 231-234.
Veenstra, J.A. (1989c) Isolation and strucure of two gastrin/CCK-like neuropeptides from the American
cockroach homologous to the leucosulfakinins. Neuropeptides 14, 145-149.
Veenstra, J.A. (1989d) Simulation of the activation of fat body glycogen phosphorylase and of trehalose
synthesis by peptide hormones in the American cockroach. Bio Systems 23, 31-40.
Veenstra, J.A. (1989e) Do insects really have a homeostatic hypotrehalosaemic hormone? Biological
Reviews 64, 305-316.
Veenstra, J.A. & Camps, F. (1990) Structure of the hypertrehalosemic neuropeptide of the German
cockroach, Blattella germanica. Neuropeptides 15, 107-109.
Veenstra, J.A. & Hagedorn, H.H. (1991) Identification of neuroendocrine cells producing a diuretic hormone
in the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta. Cell and Tissue Research 266, 359-364.
Veenstra, J.A. (1991) Presence of corazonin in three insect species, and isolation and identification of
7
[His ]corazonin from Schistocerca americana. Peptides 12, 1285-1289.
Veenstra, J.A. & Hagedorn, H.H. (1993) A sensitive enzyme immuno assay for Manduca allatotropin and the
existence of an allatotropin-immunoreactive peptide in Periplaneta americana. Archives of Insect
Biochemistry and Physiology 23, 99-109.
Veenstra, J.A., & Davis, N.T. (1993) Localization of Corazonin in the nervous system of the cockroach
Periplaneta americana. Cell and Tissue Research 274, 57-64.
Chen, Y., Veenstra, J.A., Davis, N.T. & Hagedorn, H.H. (1994a) A comparative study of leucokinin-
immunoreactive neurons in insects. Cell and Tissue Research 276, 69-83.
Veenstra, J.A., Lehman, H.K, Davis, N.T (1994) Allatotropin is a cardioacceleratory peptide in Manduca
sexta. Journal of experimental Biology 188, 347-354.
Predel, R., Agricola, H., Linde, D., Veenstra, J.A. & Penzlin, H. (1994) The insect neuropeptide corazonin:
physiological and immunocytochemical studies in Blattariae. Zoology (ZACS) 98, 35-49.
Chen, Y., Veenstra, J.A., Hagedorn, H.H. & Davis, N.T. (1994b) Leucokinin and diuretic hormone
immunoreactivity of neurons in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Cell and Tissue Research 278,
493-507.
Cantera, R., Veenstra, J.A. & Nässel, D.R. (1994) Postembryonic development of corazonin-containing
neurons in the blowfly, Phormia terranovae. Journal of Comparative Neurology 350, 559-572.
Veenstra, J.A. (1994a) Isolation and identification of three leucokinins from the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 202, 715-719.
Veenstra, J.A. (1994b) Isolation and structure of the Drosophila corazonin gene. Biochemical and
Biophysical Research Communications 204, 292-296.
Veenstra, J.A. & Hagedorn, H.H. (1995) Isolation of two AKH-related peptides from cicadas. Archives of
Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 29, 301-316.
Veenstra, J.A. & Lambrou, G. (1995) Isolation of a novel RFamide peptide from the midgut of the American
cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 213,
519-524.
Veenstra, J.A., Lau, G.W., Agricola, H-J. & Petzel, D.H. (1995) Immunohistological localization of regulatory
peptides in the midgut of the female mosquito Aedes aegypti. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 104,
337-347.
Veenstra, J.A., Patillo, J.M. & Petzel, D. H. (1997) A single cDNA encodes all three Aedes leucokinins,
which stimulate both fluid secretion by the Malpighian tubules and hindgut contractions. Journal of
Biological Chemistry 272, 10402-10407.
Veenstra, J.A., Noriega, F. G., Graf, R. & Feyereisen, R. (1997) Identification of three allatostatins and their
cDNA from the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Peptides, 18, 937-942.
Davis, N.T., Veenstra, J.A., Feyereisen, R., & Hildebrand, J.G. (1997) Allatostatin-immunoreactive neurons
in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, and isolation and identification of a new neuropeptide of the
allatostatin family. Journal of comparative Neurology, 385, 265-284.
Veenstra, J. A. (1999) Isolation and identifcation of three RFamide-immunoreactive peptides from the
mosquito Aedes aegypti. Peptides, 20, 31-38.
Terhzaz, S., O’Connell, F.C., Pollock, V.P., Davies, S.A., Kean, L., Veenstra, J.A.* & Dow, J.A.T.* (1999)
Isolation and characterzation of a leucokinin-like peptide of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of
experimental Biology, 202, 3667-3676.
Veenstra, J.A. & Costes, L. (1999) Isolation and identification of a peptide and its cDNA from the mosquito
Aedes aegypti related to Manduca sexta allatotropin. Peptides, 20, 1145-1151.
Veenstra, J.A. (2000) Mono- and dibasic proteolytic cleavage sites in insect regulatory peptide precursors.
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 43, 49-63.
Tamarelle, M., Coast G.M. & Veenstra, J.A. (2000) Ovary maturating parsin and diuretic hormone are
produced by the same neuroendocrine cells in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Peptides, 21,
737-739.
Martinez, T., Burmeister, T., Veenstra, J.A. & Wheeler, D. (2000) Sequence and evolution of a hexamerin
from the ant Camponotus festinatus. Insect Molecular Biology, 9, 427-431.
Kean, L., Cazenave, C., Costes, L, Broderick, K. E., Graham, S., Pollock, V.P., Davies, S.A., Veenstra,
J.A., Dow, J.A.T. (2002) Two nitridergic peptides are encoded by the gene capability in Drosophila
melanogaster. American Journal of Physiology 282, R1297-307.
Cabrero, P., Radford, J.C, Broderick, K.E, Costes, L., Veenstra, J.A., Spana, E.P., Davies, S.A. & Dow,
J.A.T. (2002) The Dh gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a diuretic peptide that acts through
cyclic AMP. Journal of experimental Biology, 205, 3799-3807.
Taghert, P.H. & Veenstra, J.A. (2003) Neuropeptide Signaling in Drosophila. Advances in Genetics, 49, 1-
65.
Li, Y., Unnithan, G.C., Veenstra, J.A., Feyereisen, R. & Noriega, F.G. (2003) Stimulation of JH biosynthesis
by the corpora allata of adult female Aedes aegypti in vitro: effect of farnesoic acid and Aedes
allatotropin. The Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 1825-1832.[cited 18 times].
Homberg, U., Brandl C., Clynen, E., Schoofs, L. & Veenstra, J.A. (2004) Mas allatotropin/Lom-AG-
myotropin I immunostaining in the brain of the locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Cell and Tissue
Research 318, 439-457.
Isabel, G., Martin, J.-R., Chidami,S., Veenstra, J.A. & Rosay, P. (2005) AKH-producing neuroendocrine cell
ablation decreases trehalose and induces behavioral changes in Drosophila. American Journal of
 Physiology 288, R531-538.
Terhzaz, S., Rosay, P., Goodwin, S.F., & Veenstra, J.A. (2007) The neuropeptide SIFamide modulates
sexual behavior in Drosophila. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 352, 305-310.
Johard, H., Enell, L., Gustafsson, E., Trifilieff, P, Veenstra, J.A., & Nässel, D.R. (2008) Intrinsic neurons of
Drosophila mushroom bodies express short Neuropeptide F: Relations to extrinsic neurons expressing
different neurotransmitters. Journal of Comparative Neurology 507, 1479-96.
Park, D., Veenstra, J.A., Park, J., & Taghert, P.H. (2008) Mapping peptidergic cells in Drosophila: where
DIMM fits in. PLoS ONE 3 (3): e1896. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001896.
Veenstra, J.A., Agricola, H.-J., & Sellami, A., (2008). Regulatory peptides in the fruit fly midgut. Cell and
Tissue Research, 234, 499-516.
Veenstra, J.A. (2009a) Allatostatin C and its paralog allatostatin double C: The arthropod somatostatins.
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 39, 161-170.
Veenstra, J.A. (2009b) Paracrine and endocrine cells in the midgut of the fruit fly maggot. Cell and Tissue
Research, 336, 309-323.
Veenstra, J.A. (2009c) Does Corazonin signal nutritional stress in insects ? Insect Biochemistry and
Molecular Biolology 39, 755-762.
de Haro, M., Al-Ramahi, I., Benito-Sipos, J., López-Arias, B., Dorado, B., Veenstra, J.A., Herrero, P. (2010)
Detailed analysis of leucokinin-expressing neurons and their candidate functions in the Drosophila
nervous system. Cell and Tissue Research, 339, 321-336.
Huybrechts, J., Bonhomme, J., Minoli, S., Prunier-Leterme, N., Dombrovsky, A., Abdel-Latief, M., Robichon,
A., Veenstra, J.A.*, & Tagu, D.* (2010) Neuropeptide and neurohormone precursors in the pea aphid
Acyrthosiphon pisum, Insect Molecular Biology, 19 (Supplement 2), 87-95.
The International Aphid Genomics Consortium (2010) Genome sequence of the pea aphid
Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biology, 8:e1000313.
Veenstra, J.A. (2010a) Neurohormones and neuropeptides encoded by the genome of Lottia gigantea, with
reference to other mollusks and insects. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 167, 86-103.
Veenstra, J.A. (2010b) What the loss of the hormone neuroparsin in the melanogaster subgroup of
Drosophila can tell us about its function. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biolology 40, 354-361.
Sellami, A., Isabel, G. & Veenstra, J.A. (2010) Expression of the mu-Opioid receptor in Drosophila and its
effects on trehalose and glycogen when expressed by the AKH neuroendocrine cells. Peptides, 31,
1383-1389.
Kirkness, E.F., Haas, B.J., Sun, W., Braig, H.R., Perotti, M.A., Clark, J.M., Lee, S.H., Robertson, H.M.,
Kennedy, R.C., Elhaik, E., Gerlach, D., Kriventseva, E.V., Elsik, C.G., Graur, D., Hill, C.A., Veenstra,
J.A., Walenz, B., Tubío, J.M., Ribeiro, J.M., Rozas, J., Johnston, J.S., Reese, J.T., Popadic, A., Tojo,
M., Raoult, D., Reed, D.L., Tomoyasu, Y., Krause, E., Mittapalli, O., Margam, V.M., Li, H.M., Meyer,
J.M., Johnson, R.M., Romero-Severson, J., Vanzee, J.P., Alvarez-Ponce, D., Vieira, F.G., Aguadé, M.,
Guirao-Rico, S., Anzola, J.M., Yoon, K.S., Strycharz, J.P., Unger, M.F., Christley, S., Lobo, N.F.,
Seufferheld, M.J., Wang, N., Dasch, G.A., Struchiner, C.J., Madey, G., Hannick, L.I., Bidwell, S.,
Joardar, V., Caler, E., Shao, R., Barker, S.C., Cameron, S., Bruggner, R.V., Regier, A., Johnson, J.,
Viswanathan, L., Utterback, T.R., Sutton, G.G., Lawson, D., Waterhouse, R.M., Venter, J.C.,
Strausberg, R.L., Berenbaum, M.R., Collins, F.H., Zdobnov, E.M., Pittendrigh, B.R. (2010) Genome
sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont: Insights into the permanent
parasitic lifestyle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A, 107, 12168-12173.
Laguerre, M. & Veenstra, J.A. (2010) Ecdysone receptor homologs from mollusks, leeches and a
polychaete worm. FEBS Letters, 584, 4458-4462.
Sellami, A., Agricola, H.-J., Veenstra, J.A. (2011) Neuroendocrine cells in Drosophila melanogaster
producing GPA2/GPB5, a hormone with homology to LH, FSH and TSH. General and Comparative
Endocrinology, 170, 582-588.
Veenstra, J.A. (2011) Neuropeptide evolution: Neurohormones and neuropeptides predicted from the
genomes of the annelids Capitella teleta and Helobdella robusta. General and Comparative
Endocrinology, 171: 160-175.
Grbić, M.,Van Leeuwen, T., Clark, R.M., Rombauts, S., Rouzé, P., Grbić, V., Osborne, E.J., Dermauw, W.,
Cao, P., Ngoc, T., Ortego, T., Hernandez-Crespo, P., Diaz, I., Martinez, M., Navajas, M., Sucena, E.,
Magalhães, S., Nagy, L., Pace, R., Djuranović, S., Smagghe, G., Iga, M., Christiaens, O., Veenstra,
J.A., Ewer, J., Mancilla Villalobos, R., Hutter, J.L., Hudson, S.D., Velez, M.,Yi, S., Zeng, J., Pires-
daSilva, A., Roch, F., Cazauz, M., Navarro, M., Zhurov, V., Acevedo, G., Bjelica, A., Fawcetts, J.A.,
Bonnets, E., Martens, C., Baele, G., Wissler, L., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A., Tirry, L., Blais, C.,
Demeestere, K., Henz, S., Gregory, R., Mathieu, J., Verdon, L., Farinelli, L., Schmutz, J., Lindquist, E.,
Feyereisen, R., Van de Peer, Y. (2011). The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest
adaptations. Nature, 479: 487-492.
Veenstra, J.A., Rombauts, S., Grbić, M. 2012. In silico cloning of genes encoding neuropeptides,
neurohormones and their putative G-protein coupled receptors in a spider mite. Insect Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, 42: 277-295.
Veenstra, J.A., Rodriguez, L., Weaver, R. 2012. Allatotropin, leucokinin and AKH in honeybees and other
Hymenoptera. Peptides, 35: 122-130.
Sellami, A., Wegener, C., Veenstra, J.A. 2012. Functional significance of the copper transporter ATP7 in
peptidergic neurons and endocrine cells in Drosophila melanogaster. FEBS Letters, 586 : 2633-3638.