Neurochemical Architecture of the Central Complex Related to Its Function in the Control of Grasshopper Acoustic Communication

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 6; no. 9; p. e25613
• Main Authors: Kunst, Michael, Pförtner, Ramona, Aschenbrenner, Katja, Heinrich, Ralf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 28.09.2011; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acetylcholine receptors (muscarinic); Acoustics; Acrididae; Animal Communication; Animals; Apoptosis; Axons; Behavior; Biology; Chorthippus; Citrulline - metabolism; Communication; Cyclic GMP; Cyclic GMP - metabolism; Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; Cytochemistry; Drosophila; Female; GABA; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation; Grasshoppers; Grasshoppers - metabolism; Grasshoppers - physiology; Immunomodulation; Information processing; Inhibition; Insects; Intracellular signalling; Lobes; Localization; Male; Mesencephalon - cytology; Mesencephalon - metabolism; Mesencephalon - physiology; Modulators; Muscarine; Neurobiology; Neuromodulation; Neurons; Neuropil - cytology; Neuropil - metabolism; Neurosciences; Neurotransmitters; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - metabolism; Orthoptera; Pharmacology; Physiology; Picrotoxin; Receptors; Receptors, Muscarinic - metabolism; Rodents; Signal Transduction; Singing; Sodium; Sodium nitroprusside; Song; Sound; Sound production; Studies; Trends; Zoology; Germany

The central complex selects and coordinates the species- and situation-specific song production in acoustically communicating grasshoppers. Control of sound production is mediated by several neurotransmitters and modulators, their receptors and intracellular signaling pathways. It has previously bee...