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  • 1994 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

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David W. Halton is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple fields within biological and environmental sciences, focusing mainly on parasitology and molecular biology aspects of veterinary science.

Their research interests encompass areas such as parasite biology and host interactions, helminth infection and control, and planarian biology and electrostimulation. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach linking ecology, small animal health, and molecular biology techniques.

The scientist has contributed at least one paper to the field, titled The neuromuscular system of the sheep tapeworm Moniezia expansa, published in 2020 in the journal Invertebrate Neuroscience. This publication has been cited by other researchers multiple times.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with David W. Halton include:

  • Gunnar R. Mair
  • Aaron G. Maule

Their work appears predominantly in specialized venues such as:

  • Invertebrate Neuroscience

Their main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Veterinary
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their research include:

  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Molecular Biology

David W. Halton was recognized by membership in the Royal Irish Academy since 1994.

Best Publications

  • NEUROPEPTIDE-F - A NOVEL PARASITIC FLATWORM REGULATORY PEPTIDE FROM MONIEZIA-EXPANSA (CESTODA, CYCLOPHYLLIDEA)

    Aaron Maule;Christopher Shaw;D W Halton;L. Thim

  • Functional morphology of the platyhelminth nervous system

    D. W. Halton;M. K. S. Gustafsson

  • Nutritional adaptations to parasitism within the Platyhelminthes

    David W. Halton

  • Flatworm nerve–muscle: structural and functional analysis

    David Halton;Aaron Maule

  • A confocal microscopical study of the musculature of adult Schistosoma mansoni.

    G.M. Mair;Aaron Maule;T.A. Day;David Halton

  • IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF NEUROPEPTIDES IN THE NERVOUS-SYSTEM OF THE LIVER FLUKE, FASCIOLA-HEPATICA (TREMATODA, DIGENEA)

    R.M. Magee;Ian Fairweather;C.F. Johnston;D W Halton

  • Neuropeptide Signaling Systems - Potential Drug Targets for Parasite and Pest Control

    Aaron G. Maule;Angela Mousley;Nikki J. Marks;Tim A. Day

  • Microscopy and the helminth parasite.

    David W Halton

  • Inhibitory effects of nematode FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) on muscle strips from Ascaris suum

    A. G. Maule;T. G. Geary;J. W. Bowman;N. J. Marks

  • The serotoninergic, cholinergic and peptidergic components of the nervous system in the monogenean parasite, Diclidophora merlangi: a cytochemical study

    Aaron Maule;D W Halton;C.F. Johnston;Christopher Shaw

  • REGULATORY PEPTIDES IN HELMINTH-PARASITES

    David W. Halton;Chris Shaw;Aaron G. Maule;David Smart

  • Isolation, Localization, and Bioactivity of the FMRFamide‐Related Neuropeptides GYIRFamide and YIRFamide from the Marine Turbellarian Bdelloura candida

    Richard N. Johnston;Chris Shaw;David W. Halton;Peter Verhaert

  • GYIRFAMIDE : A NOVEL FMRFAMIDE-RELATED PEPTIDE (FARP) FROM THE TRICLAD TURBELLARIAN, DUGESIA TIGRINA

    R.N. Johnston;C. Shaw;D.W. Halton;P. Verhaert

  • Platyhelminth FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) contract Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda: Digenea) muscle fibres in vitro.

    T.A. Day;Aaron Maule;Christopher Shaw;D W Halton

  • Isolation of AF2 (KHEYLRFamide) from Caenorhabditis elegans : Evidence for the Presence of More Than One FMRFamide-Related Peptide-Encoding Gene

    Nicola Marks;Christopher Shaw;Aaron Maule;J.P. Davis

  • Neuropeptides in platyhelminths.

    I. Fairweather;D. W. Halton

  • Immunoreactivity to the pancreatic polypeptide family in the nervous system of the adult human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni.

    P.J. Skuce;C.F. Johnston;Ian Fairweather;D W Halton

  • KSAYMRFamide: a novel FMRFamide-related heptapeptide from the free-living nematode, Panagrellus redivivus, which is myoactive in the parasitic nematode, Ascaris suum.

    Aaron Maule;Christopher Shaw;J.W. Bowman;D W Halton

  • Immunocytochemical demonstration of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) in the nervous system of the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda, Digenea).

    Ian Fairweather;Aaron Maule;S.H. Mitchell;C.F. Johnston

  • NEUROPEPTIDE-F (MONIEZIA-EXPANSA) - LOCALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION USING SPECIFIC ANTISERA

    Aaron Maule;Christopher Shaw;D W Halton;Gerard Brennan

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Aaron G. Maule
Aaron G. Maule Queen's University Belfast
Ian Fairweather
Ian Fairweather Queen's University Belfast
Lars Thim
Lars Thim Novo Nordisk (Denmark)
Timothy G. Geary
Timothy G. Geary McGill University
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University
Philip Skuce
Philip Skuce Moredun Foundation
Bernard Fried
Bernard Fried Lafayette College
Joanne Cable
Joanne Cable Cardiff University
Richard C. Tinsley
Richard C. Tinsley University of Bristol

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