Brain tyramine and reproductive states of workers in honeybees

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1075-1085

  Sasaki, K ^a,c   Nagao, T ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Caste; N acetyltyramine; Reserpine; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE;

EID: 0036894797     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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