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The snow and snowIaranja mutations, causing accumulation of free tryptophan and serotonin and a deficiency in kynurenins, accelerate the process of alteration of conditioned alimentary reflexes to olfactory signals. A similar action is exerted on injection of tryptophan and serotonin at a dose of 5 μgrams into wild type bees.
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The ivoryumber and brick mutations, causing accumulation of kynurenin and 3-hydroxykynurenin, respectively, accelerate the formation of conditioned reflexes and prolong the process of their alteration in the case of immobilized bees. A similar action is exerted by an injection of 1 μgram kynurenin into wild type bees.
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The snowIaranja mutation intensifies the inhibition of the conditioned reflex activity induced normally in wild type bees by monotonous presentation of a conditioned signal. A similar action is exerted by injecting tryptophan at a dose of 5 μgrams into wild type bees.
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The ivoryumber mutation promotes the maintenance of a higher level of a conditioned reflex activity compared to the normal, on monotonous presentation of a conditioned signal. A similar action is exerted by an injection of 1 μgram kynurenin into wild type bees.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 911–919, September–October, 1984.
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Lopatina, N.G., Dolotovskaya, L.Z. Effect of tryptophan and its metabolites on conditioned reflex activity of the honey bee. Neurosci Behav Physiol 17, 332–339 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01183064
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