To determine the stability of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and the glial and neuronal changes
induced by Aβ in the CNS in vivo, we made single injections of fibrillar Aβ (fAβ), soluble Aβ (sAβ)…

This article reports on the nutrients present in insects and factors affecting their variability.
Data on protein content and amino acid profiles of a variety of insect species are discussed …

… DM in crickets and waxworms (Finke, unpublished results). Using … β-carotene or preformed
vitamin A (Finke, unpublished data). … detected in honeybee larvae (Finke, unpublished data). …

The cancer-related event that is most disruptive to the cancer patient's quality of life is pain.
To begin to define the mechanisms that give rise to cancer pain, we examined the …

Amphibian biology is intricate, and there are many inter‐related factors that need to be
understood before establishing successful Conservation Breeding Programs (CBPs). Nutritional …

… Additionally when mealworm exuviae were analyzed for amino acids 65% of the exuviae
by weight was accounted for by the amino acids [Finke, unpublished data]. All of these data …

Low-protein diets promote metabolic health in rodents and humans, and the benefits of low-protein
diets are recapitulated by specifically reducing dietary levels of the three branched-…

Substance P receptor (SPR)–expressing spinal neurons were ablated with the selective
cytotoxin substance P–saporin. Loss of these neurons resulted in a reduction of thermal …

… While extensive analysis of the most common species of feeder insects is already available
(Finke, 2002), the purpose of this study is to provide a complete nutrient profile of some of the …

… Michael Finke received the Diplom degree in computer science in 1993 from the University
of Karlsruhe, Germany. Since then he has been working toward the PhD. degree at the …