Age-related changes in biogenic amines in individual brains of the ant Pheidole dentata

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 198-201

  Seid, Marc A ^a,b   Traniello, James F A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANT; NEUROLOGY; POLYETHISM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE;

FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE DENTATA;

EID: 18744399315     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0610-8     Document Type: Article

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