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. 1975 Jul-Aug;3(4):717-9.
doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(75)90200-2.

Aggressive behavior and brain serotonin and catecholamines in ants (Formica rufa)

W Kostowski, B Tarchalska-Krynska, L Markowska

Aggressive behavior and brain serotonin and catecholamines in ants (Formica rufa)

W Kostowski et al. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1975 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Serotonin, adrenaline and noradrenaline were analyzed in brains of the ants, Formica rufa. Experiments demonstrated that concentrations of both serotonin and adrenaline were higher in ants that displayed aggressiveness (interspecific and intrageneric) while concentrations of noradrenaline was decreased.

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