Serotonin Mediates Behavioral Gregarization Underlying Swarm Formation in Desert Locusts

被引：253
作者：
Anstey, Michael L. [1 ]
Rogers, Stephen M. [1 ,2 ]
Ott, Swidbert R. [2 ]
Burrows, Malcolm [2 ]
Simpson, Stephen J. [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Zool, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England
[3] Univ Sydney, Sch Biol Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
来源：
SCIENCE | 2009年 / 323卷 / 5914期
基金：
英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会; 澳大利亚研究理事会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词：
CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM; PHASE-CHANGE; CRUSTACEANS; AGGRESSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTOR; FIGHT;
D O I：
10.1126/science.1165939
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, show extreme phenotypic plasticity, transforming between a little- seen solitarious phase and the notorious swarming gregarious phase depending on population density. An essential tipping point in the process of swarm formation is the initial switch from strong mutual aversion in solitarious locusts to coherent group formation and greater activity in gregarious locusts. We show here that serotonin, an evolutionarily conserved mediator of neuronal plasticity, is responsible for this behavioral transformation, being both necessary if behavioral gregarization is to occur and sufficient to induce it. Our data demonstrate a neurochemical mechanism linking interactions between individuals to large- scale changes in population structure and the onset of mass migration.
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页码：627 / 630
页数：4
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