Alarm pheromone induces stress analgesia via an opioid system in the honeybee

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Núñez, Josué ^a   Almeida, Lourdes ^b   Balderrama, Norberto ^b   Giurfa, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Honeybees; Opioid system; Stinging response; Stress induced analgesia

Indexed keywords

ISOPENTYL ACETATE; NALOXONE; PHEROMONE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0343923727     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00391-0     Document Type: Article

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