Biogenic Amines and Neuromodulation of Animal Behavior, 2nd Edition

• Main Author: Brian H. Smith (auth)
• Other Authors: Gabriella H. Wolff (auth), Hans-Joachim Pflueger (auth), Irina T. Sinakevitch (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; octopamine; Apis mellifera; olfactory learning and memory; serotonin; G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR); type I and II synaptic boutons; Drosophila; neural circuits; tyramine; dopamine
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since Erspamer and Boretti, 1951 first described the biogenic amine octopamine in the octopus salivary gland as a molecule with "adrenaline-like" action, decades of extensive studies demonstrated the important role octopamine and its precursor tyramine play in invertebrate physiology and b...