The effect of 5-HTP on the reproductive timer in the male cricket

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 121-127

  Ureshi, M ^a   Dainobu, M ^a   Sakai, M ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HT; 5 HTP; Male cricket; Sexual refractoriness; Timer

Indexed keywords

GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INSECTA;

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SCAVENGER; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COPULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGONIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COPULATION; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GRYLLIDAE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGONIA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042584665     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.55.2004.1-4.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. Ureshi, M., Dainobu, M., Sakai, M. (2002) Serotonin precursor (5-hydroxytryptophan) has a profound effect on the post-copulatory sexually refractory stage in the male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer. J. Comp. Physiol. A 188, 767-779.