Tyramine and octopamine: Ruling behavior and metabolism

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 447-477

  Roeder, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amine; Drosophila; Locust; Receptor

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; OCTOPAMINE; TYRAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; NEURONS; OCTOPAMINE; PHYLOGENY; TYRAMINE;

INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744254778     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.50.071803.130404     Document Type: Review

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