Biogenic amines are associated with worker task but not patriline in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

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

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1117-1127

  Smith, Adam R ^a   Muscedere, Mario L ^b   Seid, Marc A ^c   Traniello, James F A ^d   Hughes, William O H ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Division of labor; Response threshold; Social insect; Task specialization

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84888330203     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0854-2     Document Type: Article

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