Contrasting role of octopamine in appetitive and aversive learning in the crab Chasmagnathus.

BACKGROUND:Biogenic amines are implicated in reinforcing associative learning. Octopamine (OA) is considered the invertebrate counterpart of noradrenaline and several studies in insects converge on the idea that OA mediates the reward in appetitive conditioning. However, it is possible to assume tha...

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Main Authors: Laura Kaczer, Héctor Maldonado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2705672?pdf=render