Octopamine and experience-dependent modulation of aggression in crickets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1431-1441

  Stevenson, Paul A ^a   Dyakonova, Varya ^b   Rillich, Jan ^a   Schildberger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Amine depletion; Biogenic amines; Chlordimeform; Epinastine; Insects; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOGENIC AMINE; BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPHENAMIDINE; EPINASTINE; METIROSINE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; NORADRENALIN; OCTOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE RECEPTOR; OCTOPAMINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; EXCITABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FIGHTING; FLYING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; CHLORPHENAMIDINE; DIBENZAZEPINES; DOPAMINE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRYLLIDAE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LEARNING; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MOTIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCTOPAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTORS, BIOGENIC AMINE; SEROTONIN; STARTLE REACTION; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 13844299731     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4258-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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