Hormonal Control of Behavior: Amines as Gain-setting Elements that Bias Behavioral Output in Lobsters

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1 August 1990

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Zoologist

Vol. 30 (3) , 595-608
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/30.3.595

Abstract

Hormones and neurohormones act on the nervous system to produce important changes in behavior. This article uses studies of amine actions in the lobster nervous system and their possible relationship to aggressive behavior in lobsters to explore how such changes might come about.

Keywords

LOBSTERS
SETTING ELEMENTS
CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR
HORMONAL CONTROL
AMINES
BEHAVIORAL OUTPUT
GAIN SETTING
BIAS BEHAVIORAL

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