Hormonal Control of Behavior: Amines and the Biasing of Behavioral Output in Lobsters

Hormones and neurohormones act on the nervous system to produce important changes in behavior. Amine actions in the lobster nervous system and their possible relations to aggressive behavior in lobsters were studied in order to explore how such changes might come about.

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1988-09, Vol.241 (4874), p.1775-1781
Main Author: Kravitz, Edward A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amines
Amines - physiology
Animal behavior
Animals
Behavior
Behavior, Animal - physiology
Behavioral neuroscience
Flexors
Ganglia
Homarus
Homarus americanus
Hormones
Lobsters
Marine
Nephropidae - physiology
Nerves
Nervous system
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Neuroethology
Neurons
Neurotransmitter Agents - physiology
Octopamine - physiology
Physiological aspects
Serotonin - physiology
Shellfish
Ventral nerve cord
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Summary:Hormones and neurohormones act on the nervous system to produce important changes in behavior. Amine actions in the lobster nervous system and their possible relations to aggressive behavior in lobsters were studied in order to explore how such changes might come about.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.2902685