| Title: | "Mapping of Courtship Behavior-Induced Neural Activity in the Thoracic Ganglia of Silkmoth Bombyx mori by an Immediate Early Gene, Hr38" |
| Author(s): | Morishita K; Iwami M; Kiya T; |
| Address: | "Division of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0289-0003 (Print) 0289-0003 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In the central nervous system of insects, motor patterns are generated in the thoracic ganglia under the control of brain, where sensory information is integrated and behavioral decisions are made. Previously, we established neural activity-mapping methods using an immediate early gene, BmHr38, as a neural activity marker in the brain of male silkmoth Bombyx mori. In the present study, to gain insights into neural mechanisms of motor-pattern generation in the thoracic ganglia, we investigated expression of BmHr38 in response to sex pheromone-induced courtship behavior. Levels of BmHr38 expression were strongly correlated between the brain and thoracic ganglia, suggesting that neural activity in the thoracic ganglia is tightly controlled by the brain. In situ hybridization of BmHr38 revealed that 20-30% of thoracic neurons are activated by courtship behavior. Using serial sections, we constructed a comprehensive map of courtship behaviorinduced activity in the thoracic ganglia. These results provide important clues into how complex courtship behavior is generated in the neural circuits of thoracic ganglia" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Bombyx/*physiology Ganglia/cytology/*physiology Gene Expression Regulation/*physiology Genes, Immediate-Early/*physiology Insect Proteins/genetics/metabolism Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology courtship immediate early gene pheromone silkmoth tho;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMorishita, Koudai Iwami, Masafumi Kiya, Taketoshi eng Japan 2018/06/09 Zoolog Sci. 2018 Jun; 35(3):276-280. doi: 10.2108/zs170196" |
