Octopamine and serotonin have opposite effects on antipredator behavior in the orb-weaving spider, Larinioides cornutus

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

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 819-825

  Jones, Thomas C ^a   Akoury, Tamer S ^a   Hauser, Christopher K ^a   Neblett II, Michael F ^a   Linville, Brent J ^a   Edge, Andrea A ^a   Weber, Nathaniel O ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biogenic amines; Neurohormones; Neuromodulation; Thanatosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; TIME; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCTOPAMINE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960605310     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0644-7     Document Type: Article

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