ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2013
Serotonin precursor (5-hydroxytryptophan) causes substantial changes in the fighting behavior of male crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus.
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- Monoaminergic Systems in Flight-Induced Potentiation of Phonotactic Behavior in Female CricketsInsects · 2024Article
- Chemical cognition: chemoconnectomics and convergent evolution of integrative systems in animals.Animal cognition · 2023Article
- Previous flight facilitates partner finding in female crickets.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- The Role of Serotonin in the Influence of Intense Locomotion on the Behavior Under Uncertainty in the MolluskFrontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Sex differences in aggression: Differential roles of 5-HT2, neuropeptide F and tachykinin.PloS one · 2019Article
- Experimental manipulation of monoamine levels alters personality in crickets.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Serotonin Mediates Depression of Aggression After Acute and Chronic Social Defeat Stress in a Model Insect.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
- Biparental behavior in the burying beetleCurrent zoology · 2016Article
- Controlling the decision to fight or flee: the roles of biogenic amines and nitric oxide in the cricket.Current zoology · 2016Article
- Adding up the odds-Nitric oxide signaling underlies the decision to flee and post-conflict depression of aggression.Science advances · 2015Article
- Differential activation of serotonergic neurons during short- and long-term gregarization of desert locusts.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- Releasing stimuli and aggression in crickets: octopamine promotes escalation and maintenance but not initiation.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2015Article
- Performance of blue- and green-sensitive photoreceptors of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
This study demonstrates that injection of the serotonin precursor 5-HTP causes substantial changes in the behavioral state, fighting behavior and ability to establish winner-loser relationships in male crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus). The characteristic features of 5-HTP-treated crickets include an elevated posture, enhanced general activity, longer duration of fighting, enhanced rival singing and a decreased ability to produce a clear fight loser. In addition, 5-HTP-treated males showed a slightly delayed latency to spread their mandibles, a decreased number of attacks and an equal potential to win in comparison to controls (physiological solution-treated males). The obtained results imply a significant role for serotonin in the regulation of social status-related behaviors in G. bimaculatus. Specifically, these data indicate that a decrease in serotonergic activity may be functionally important for the control of loser behavior and that some behavioral features of dominant male crickets are likely to be connected with the activation of the serotonergic system.
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