Cuticular plasticization in the tick, Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae): Possible roles of monoamines and cuticular pH

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2820-2831

  Kaufman, W Reuben ^a,b   Flynn, Peter C ^b   Reynolds, Stuart E ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Amblyomma hebraeum; Concanamycin A.; Cuticular plasticization; Dopamine; Octopamine; Ornithodoros moubata; Ticks; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; BUTACLAMOL; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ION; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; IXODIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BUTACLAMOL; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELASTICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; IONS; IXODIDAE; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ARGASIDAE; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 77955651326     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044412     Document Type: Article

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