Manipulating the light/dark cycle: Effects on dopamine levels in optic lobes of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) brain

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-180

  Carrington, Elizabeth ^a   Kokay, Ilona C ^a   Duthie, Jane ^a   Lewis, Robert ^b   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Circadian rhythms; Insect visual system

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GANGLION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; LIGHT; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 33846604116     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0177-7     Document Type: Article

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