|
Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers >
Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science >
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc >
Effects of Population Density on Growth, Behavior and Levels of Biogenic Amines in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
| Title: | Effects of Population Density on Growth, Behavior and Levels of Biogenic Amines in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus |
| Authors: | Iba, Michiyo Browse this author | | Nagao, Takashi Browse this author | | Urano, Akihisa Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | Dec-1995 |
| Publisher: | 日本動物学会 |
| Journal Title: | Zoological Science |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page: | 695 |
| End Page: | 702 |
| Abstract: | We examined quantitative changes in biogenic amines in relation to effects of population density on growth and behavior in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, which were reared in two different densities, completely isolated solitary and 40 crowded insects. In the crowded animals, the rate of increase in body weight was slow, and also the day of imaginal moult was late, when compared to the isolated ones. Development and growth were thus suppressed in the crowded group. The body color of isolated ones was darker than that of crowded ones. Behavioral tests indicated that the isolated crickets were significantly more aggressive than the crowded ones. The levels of biogenic amines, their precursors and metabolites were examined in the brain, corpora allata, corpora cardiaca and frontal ganglion of isolated and crowded crickets using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. The brains of crowded crickets contained significantly higher amounts of octopamine, dopamine, and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) than those in the isolated ones. On the contrary, the level of N-acetyldopamine in the isolated crickets was significantly higher than that in the crowded ones. In crowded animals the corpora allata contained significantly higher levels of 5-HT, and the corpora cardiaca contained more octopamine. These results indicate that high population density affects aminergic systems which in turn modulate various biological events, such as development, growth and behavior. |
| Rights: | (c) 日本動物学会 / 本文献の公開は著者の意思に基づくものである |
| Relation: | http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-archive&issn=0289-0003 |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/32918 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
|
Submitter: 浦野 明央
|
