{
  "title": "NeurotransmitterVariation",
  "domain": "Entomology",
  "type": "Paper",
  "creators": [
    {
      "name": "Mimi Shin"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel A. Friedman"
    },
    {
      "name": "Deborah M. Gordon"
    },
    {
      "name": "B. Jill Venton"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Colonies of the red harvester ant regulate foraging activity based on food availability and local conditions. Here we quantified tissue content of 4 biogenic amines (dopamine, serotonin, octopamine, a...",
  "abstract": "Colonies of the red harvester ant regulate foraging activity based on food availability and local conditions. Here we quantified tissue content of 4 biogenic amines (dopamine, serotonin, octopamine, and tyramine) in single forager brains from 9 red harvester ant colonies collected in the field. Capillary electrophoresis coupled with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (CE-FSCV) was used to separate and detect the amines. Overall, dopamine content was highest, followed by octopamine, serotonin, and tyra",
  "keywords": [
    "neurotransmitters",
    "dopamine",
    "serotonin",
    "octopamine",
    "tyramine",
    "Pogonomyrmex barbatus",
    "CE-FSCV",
    "biogenic amines",
    "colony variation"
  ],
  "methods": [
    {
      "name": "Field observation and behavioral assays",
      "description": "Applied field observation and behavioral assays approach"
    },
    {
      "name": "Population genetics analysis",
      "description": "Applied population genetics analysis approach"
    }
  ],
  "key_findings": [
    "Colonies of the red harvester ant regulate foraging activity based on food availability and local conditions..",
    "Here we quantified tissue content of 4 biogenic amines (dopamine, serotonin, octopamine, a...."
  ],
  "related_papers": [
    "2016_AntGenetics",
    "2016_ForagingGene",
    "2017_MutAnts"
  ],
  "checked_at": "2026-07-01T20:50:01Z"
}