Octopamine modulates honey bee dance behavior

Barron, Andrew B.; Maleszka, Ryszard; Meer, Robert Κ. Vander; Robinson, Gene E.

doi:10.1073/pnas.0610506104

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“…[18][19][20][21] As a peripheral neuromodulator, OCT modulates the activities of skeletal and visceral muscles, other peripheral target organs including fat body, oviduct, heart, and sensory organs, and gregarization in locusts. [22][23][24][25][26] As a centrally acting neuromodulator, OCT plays a major neuromodulatory role in regulating insect behaviors, such as rhythmic behaviors in locusts, 3,27 locomotion and grooming in fruit flies, 28 dance and sting behavior in honeybees, 29,30 sensitization and dishabituation of sensory input in locusts, 31,32 discrimination of nestmates from non-nestmates in honeybees and fire ants, 33,34 feeding behaviors of blowflies, cockroaches and honeybees, [35][36][37] division of labor and foraging preference in honeybees, 38,39 conditional courtship in fruit flies, 40 visual responses in locust and honeybees, 31,[41][42][43][44] learning and memory processes in honeybees, fruit flies, and crickets, [45][46][47][48][49] and many others (Table 1).…”

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Review of octopamine in insect nervous systems

Farooqui¹

2012

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Octopamine (OCT) belongs to a group of compounds known as biogenic amines. OCT, a monohydroxylic analog of norepinephrine, is found in both vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems. OCT is present in relatively high concentrations in the neuronal and nonneuronal tissues of most invertebrate species studied. However, OCT occurs as a trace amine in vertebrates where its physiological significance remains uncertain. OCT acts as a neurotransmitter, neuromodulator, and neurohormone in insect nervous systems where it prominently influences multiple physiological events. In the peripheral nervous system, OCT modulates the activity of flight muscles, peripheral organs, and most sense organs. In the central nervous system, OCT is essential for the regulation of motivation, desensitization of sensory inputs, arousal, initiation, and maintenance of various rhythmic behaviors, hygiene behavior, and complex social behaviors, including establishment of labor, as well as learning and memory. As a neurotransmitter, OCT regulates endocrine gland activity and controls the emission of light in the firefly lantern. As a neurohormone, OCT is released into hemolymph, transported to target tissues, and induces mobilization of lipids and carbohydrates, preparing insects for a period of extended activity or assisting recovery from a period of increased energy demand. OCT modulates hemocytic nodulation in nonimmune larvae and enhances phagocytosis as a neurohormone. OCT exerts its effects by binding to specific receptors belonging to the superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors and shares the structural motif of seven transmembrane domains. Activation of octopaminergic receptor types is coupled with different second messenger pathways depending on the species, tissue source, receptor type, and cell line used for expression of the cloned receptor. OCT-mediated generation of second messengers is associated with changes in cellular response, affecting insect behaviors. This review describes the roles of OCT in insect nervous systems at the behavioral and molecular levels.

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Review of octopamine in insect nervous systems

Farooqui¹

2012

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“…In other words, the farther a bee must fly to forage, the less available that forage is closer by (Seeley 1994;Seeley 1995). Bees have evolved exceptional sensitivity to measuring relative energetic rewards and to discovering new forage sources in the landscape, so a forager will only dance for the "best" forage sites known at any given time (Schmid-Hempel 1987;Schmid-Hempel and Schmid-Hempel 1987;Seeley 1994;Barron et al 2007;Grüter et al 2011). Therefore, each observed dance has already passed a cost/ benefit analysis and represents that bee's economically smart advice for where the colony should direct foraging efforts.…”

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Honey bee foraging distance depends on month and forage type

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-To investigate the distances at which honey bee foragers collect nectar and pollen, we analysed 5,484 decoded waggle dances made to natural forage sites to determine monthly foraging distance for each forage type. Firstly, we found significantly fewer overall dances made for pollen (16.8 %) than for non-pollen, presumably nectar (83.2 %; P <2.2×10−23 ). When we analysed distance against month and forage type, there was a significant interaction between the two factors, which demonstrates that in some months, one forage type is collected at farther distances, but this would reverse in other months. Overall, these data suggest that distance, as a proxy for forage availability, is not significantly and consistently driven by need for one type of forage over the other.forage availability / waggle dance / Apis mellifera / nectar / pollen

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“…Dopamine is also believed to provide a teaching signal to parts of brain responsible for acquiring new behavior. In insects, a similar effect has been demonstrated with respect to octopamine, a chemical relative of dopamine [17]. These effects are mediated by dopminergic receptors situated in several parts of brain including substantia nigra.…”

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Anti Epileptic Activity of Poly Herbal Extract from Indian Medicinal Plants

Balamurugan¹,

Dharan²,

Rajan³

2008

J. Sci. Res.

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With the introduction of allopathic drugs, the use of crude drugs from medicinal plants is on the decline and subsequently this traditional knowledge may be lost in the near future. In the present study, a poly herbal extract comprising of Withania somnifera Dunal, a medicinal plant used in many neuro protective Ayurvedic preparations along with five other medicinal plants were evaluated for its protective effect against seizures induced by Maximal Electro shock (MES) method in rats. A daily dose of 250 and 500 mg/kg of the extract was administered to the animals for 15 days, after which seizures were induced by Maximum electro shock method and the duration of various phases of epileptic attacks were recorded and compared with the control animals. A significant (P<0.01 and P<0.001) reduction in the time taken for righting reflex (recovery) was noted in the experimental animals. The levels of biogenic amines such as dopamine, serotonin and nor-adrenaline in the forebrain region were also estimated and a significant level of restoration was observed in the extract treated animals. Significant results were observed in the estimated parameters thereby justifying the use of these medicinal plants in the treatment of epilepsy.

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Octopamine modulates honey bee dance behavior

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Review of octopamine in insect nervous systems

Review of octopamine in insect nervous systems

Honey bee foraging distance depends on month and forage type

Anti Epileptic Activity of Poly Herbal Extract from Indian Medicinal Plants

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