Depression of brain dopamine and its metabolite after mating in European honeybee (Apis mellifera) queens

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 310-313

  Harano, Ken Ichi ^a   Sasaki, Ken ^b   Nagao, Takashi ^b  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; N ACETYLDOPAMINE;

BRAIN; HONEYBEE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MATING SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 23944497323     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0631-3     Document Type: Article

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