Effects of the NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 on female reproduction and juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus and the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1587-1593

  Geister, Thorin L ^a   Lorenz, Matthias W ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^a   Fischer, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpora allata; Fecundity; Glutamate receptor; Insects

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; JUVENILE HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS ALLATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CALCIUM; CORPORA ALLATA; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; JUVENILE HORMONES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; BLATTARIA; DIPLOPTERA PUNCTATA; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 46949101799     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.016725     Document Type: Article

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