Publication Date:
1982-05-28
Description:
The biogenic amines serotonin and octopamine are present in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Serotonin, detected histochemically in whole mounts, is localized in two pharyngeal neurons that appear to be neurosecretory. Octopamine, identified radioenzymatically in crude extracts, probably is also localized in a few neurons. Exogenous serotonin and octopamine elicit specific and opposite behavioral responses in Caenorhabditis elegans, suggesting that these compounds function physiologically as antagonists.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Horvitz, H R -- Chalfie, M -- Trent, C -- Sulston, J E -- Evans, P D -- GM07287/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM24663/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 May 28;216(4549):1012-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6805073" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Age Factors
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Animals
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Behavior, Animal/physiology
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Caenorhabditis/*physiology
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Female
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Octopamine/*physiology
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Ovulation/drug effects
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Serotonin/*physiology
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Temperature
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
