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Octopaminergic control of corpora allata activity in an insect

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Octopamine enhanced the release of JH3 from isolated corpora allata of locusts in short-term cultures. This effect was suppressed when phentolamine (inhibitor of the octopamine receptors) was added to the culture medium. Moreover an octopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase was found in the corpora allata. The results suggest a positive octopaminergic control on the activity of the corpora allata.

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Lafon-Cazal, M., Baehr, J.C. Octopaminergic control of corpora allata activity in an insect. Experientia 44, 895–896 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941193

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