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ReviewInsects2023

The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants.

Francesca Barbero, Giuseppe Mannino, Luca Pietro Casacci

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Review in Insects, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Francesca BarberoDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2667-0435
Giuseppe ManninoDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Gioacchino Quarello 15/A, 10135 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0047-978X
Luca Pietro CasacciDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3083-7357

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eusociality represents the higher degree of interaction in insects. This complex social structure is maintained through a multimodal communication system that allows colony members to be flexible in their responses, fulfilling the overall society's needs. The colony plasticity is supposedly achieved by combining multiple biochemical pathways through the neuromodulation of molecules such as biogenic amines, but the mechanisms through which these regulatory compounds act are far from being fully disentangled. Here, we review the potential function of major bioamines (dopamine, tyramine, serotine, and octopamine) on the behavioral modulation of principal groups of eusocial Hymenoptera, with a special focus on ants. Because functional roles are species- and context-dependent, identifying a direct causal relationship between a biogenic amine variation and behavioral changes is extremely challenging. We also used a quantitative and qualitative synthesis approach to summarize research trends and interests in the literature related to biogenic amines of social insects. Shedding light on the aminergic regulation of behavioral responses will pave the way for an entirely new approach to understanding the evolution of sociality in insects.

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dopaminemodulationoctopamineregulationserotinesocial behaviortyramine

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PMID37103201
PMCPMC10142254

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