Adipokinetic hormone (AKH), energy budget and their effect on feeding and gustatory processes of foraging honey bees

Abstract The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) of insects is considered an equivalent of the mammalian hormone glucagon as it induces fast mobilization of carbohydrates and lipids from the fat body upon starvation. Yet, in foraging honey bees, which lack fat body storage for carbohydrates, it was suggested...

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Main Authors: Gabriela de Brito Sanchez, Anna Expósito Muñoz, Li Chen, Weifone Huang, Songkun Su, Martin Giurfa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b38d3711e13c45c8959b03a71d71bc59
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