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Selective regulation of sensitivity to odours of different behavioural significance in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana
Author(s) -
ZHUKOVSKAYA MARIANNA I.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2008.00615.x
Subject(s) - periplaneta , octopamine (neurotransmitter) , biology , cockroach , american cockroach , dictyoptera , blattidae , pheromone , attraction , toxicology , zoology , botany , biochemistry , ecology , linguistics , receptor , philosophy , serotonin
Orally supplied octopamine significantly enhances the wing‐raising behaviour in male American cockroaches Periplaneta americana , in response to periplanone B the main component of the sex pheromone, but not attraction. In addition, octopamine decreases the response to the general odorant, hexan‐1‐ol. The presence of a calling female, as well as octopamine treatment, eliminates the avoidance of hexanol by males. Electroantennogram responses to hexan‐1‐ol decreases after topical octopamine application.