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Relationship between Serotonin and the Circadian Rhythm in some Nocturnal Moths

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THE presence of serotonin has been reported in various insect tissues; mainly in connexion with the venom glands of Hymenoptera1,2, in head, thorax and abdomen or total insect extracts2,3 and in the corpora cardiaca4. In several cases the corpora cardiaca and corpora allata have shown a relationship to a circadian rhythm5–8, but the nature of the activating material secreted has remained obscure.

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HINKS, C. Relationship between Serotonin and the Circadian Rhythm in some Nocturnal Moths. Nature 214, 386–387 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214386b0

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