Octopamine reverses the isolation-induced increase in trophallaxis in the carpenter ant Camponotus fellah

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 513-520

  Boulay, R ^a,d   Soroker, V ^b   Godzinska, E J ^c   Hefetz, A ^b   Lenoir, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus fellah; Carpenter ant; Colony odour; Hydrocarbon; Octopamine; Social deprivation; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; OCTOPAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; HYDROCARBONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCTOPAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS FELLAH; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034091768     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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