Dopaminergic system as the mechanism underlying personality in a beetle

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 750-755

  Nakayama, Satoshi ^a   Sasaki, Ken ^b   Matsumura, Kentarou ^a   Lewis, Zenobia ^c   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Caffeine; Death feigning behaviour; Dopamine; Genetic correlation; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DOPAMINE;

BEETLE; CORRELATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 84859624554     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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