The role of monoamines in modulating behavior  

作　　者：John G. SWALLOW Andrew N. BUBAK Jaime L. GRACE Guest Editors 

机构地区：[1]Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver CO, USA [2]Neuroscience Program,University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO, USA [3]Department of Biology, Bradley University, Peoria IL, USA

出　　处：《Current Zoology》2016年第3期253-255,共3页动物学报（英文版）

摘　　要：Understanding the mechanisms underlying complex behaviors re- quires a comprehensive investigation of the neurobiological factors that regulate and modulate their expression. Monoamines, such as serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline, serve a variety of essential physiological roles in modulating animal behavior. Furthermore, the evolutionary conservation of these aminergic systems spans across both vertebrates and invertebrates, having comparable effects in such diverse processes as learning and memory, aggression, mating behaviors and reproduction, stress responses, locomotion, and col- lective social behaviors （Dishman 1997; Libersat and Pflueger 2004; Kamhi and Traniello 2013; Bubak et al. 2014a; De Boer et al. 2015）. Outstanding research is currently being conducted in this field, uncovering remarkable similarities in neural circuitries even among highly divergent taxa, such as Drosophila and humans. Investigating the neural mechanisms involved in the monoaminerglc modulation of behavior across a variety of taxonomically distant species can provide researchers with a better understanding of the origins and functions of these systems. The goal of this special issue is to provide a venue in which colleagues studying similar questions across highly divergent animal systems can present their recent and groundbreaking work in this exciting area of biology. We hope this collection of papers will encourage and stimulate a dialogue on the similarities of monoaminergic function in a wide variety of animals and ultimately promote future comparative approaches when inves- tigating behavioral modulation.

关 键 词：单胺类神经递质 动物行为 生物学因素 无脊椎动物 神经系统 去甲肾上腺素 神经机制 5-羟色胺 

分 类 号：Q42[生物学—神经生物学] Q958.12[生物学—生理学]