Observations prolonged for two months show how aged Aelosoma viride specimens increase their asexual reproductive power. Treatment of this species with some neuropharmacological agents (norepinephrine, amphetamine, reserpine) demonstrate that: 1) noradrenaline excites the growth by increasing the number of segments; 2) amphetamine excites the growth but inhibits asexual reproduction; 3) reserpine is strongly toxic; 4) growth and asexual reproduction appear as two partially separated processes.
@article{RLINA_1980_8_69_6_438_0,
author = {Anna Stagni and M. Luisa Sini-Rubatta and Vincenza Morini},
title = {Influenza di alcuni neurofarmaci sull'agamia degli Elosomatidi},
journal = {Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti},
volume = {68},
year = {1980},
pages = {438-443},
language = {it},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/RLINA_1980_8_69_6_438_0}
}
Stagni, Anna; Sini-Rubatta, M. Luisa; Morini, Vincenza. Influenza di alcuni neurofarmaci sull’agamia degli Elosomatidi. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti, Tome 68 (1980) pp. 438-443. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/RLINA_1980_8_69_6_438_0/
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