The short neuropeptide F regulates appetitive but not aversive responsiveness in a social insect

Summary: The neuropeptide F (NPF) and its short version (sNPF) mediate food- and stress-related responses in solitary insects. In the honeybee, a social insect where food collection and defensive responses are socially regulated, only sNPF has an identified receptor. Here we increased artificially s...

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Main Authors: Louise Bestea, Marco Paoli, Patrick Arrufat, Brice Ronsin, Julie Carcaud, Jean-Christophe Sandoz, Rodrigo Velarde, Martin Giurfa, Maria Gabriela de Brito Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221015893