Gonadotropic effects of dopamine in isolated workers of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes chinensis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-629

  Sasaki, Ken ^a   Yamasaki, Kazuhisa ^b   Tsuchida, Koji ^b   Nagao, Takashi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Dopamine; Ovary; Paper wasp; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GONADOTROPIN; N ACETYLDOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SUCROSE; TYRAMINE;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; HORMONE; JUVENILE; METABOLITE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; POLISTES CHINENSIS; WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; JAPAN; OCTOPAMINE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOKYO; TYRAMINE; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES CHINENSIS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 64549100251     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0510-4     Document Type: Article

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