Effects of the biogenic amines, dopamine, tyramine and octopamine on the behavior of carpenter ant workers [Camponotus herculeanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)] during nestmate reunion tests carried out after a period of social isolation

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 409-447

  Korczynska J ^a   Szczuka, A ^a   Kieruzel, M ^a   Majczynski H ^a   Khvorostova, N ^a,b   Godzinska E J ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Camponotus; Dopamine; Octopamine; Social reward; Trophallaxis; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS HERCULEANUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 16244380535     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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