Dr Ken Sasaki
Tamagawa University
Professor, Biological Sciences
Japan
My Publications
Functional gene expression of dopamine receptors in the male reproductive organ during ...
Journal of Insect Physiology
January 2019
Caste-specific development of the dopaminergic system during metamorphosis in female ho...
PLoS ONE
October 2018
Uptake of plant-derived specific alkaloids allows males of a butterfly to copulate
Scientific Reports
April 2018
Caste differences in the association between dopamine and reproduction in the bumble be...
Journal of Insect Physiology
November 2017
Fighting and Stinging Responses are Affected by a Dopamine Receptor Blocker Flupenthixo...
Journal of Insect Behavior
November 2017
Queen contact and among-worker interactions dually suppress worker brain dopamine as a ...
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
January 2017
Honeybee males use highly concentrated nectar as fuel for mating flights
Journal of Insect Physiology
October 2016
Tyraminergic and Octopaminergic Modulation of Defensive Behavior in Termite Soldier
PLoS ONE
May 2016
Nutrition and dopamine: An intake of tyrosine in royal jelly can affect the brain level...
Journal of Insect Physiology
April 2016
Dopamine regulates termite soldier differentiation through trophallactic behaviours
Royal Society Open Science
February 2016
Regulation system of brain dopamine for reproduction in social insects
January 2016
Correlated responses in death-feigning behavior, activity, and brain biogenic amine exp...
Journal of Ethology
December 2015
Octopamine and cooperation: octopamine regulates the disappearance of cooperative behav...
Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences
June 2015
Social dominance and reproductive differentiation mediated by dopaminergic signaling in...
Journal of Experimental Biology
February 2015
Consumption of tyrosine in royal jelly increases brain levels of dopamine and tyramine ...
General and Comparative Endocrinology
January 2015
Juvenile hormone–dopamine systems for the promotion of flight activity in males of the ...
The Science of Nature
November 2013
Effects of dietary inositol with sucrose stimulation on chewing and swallowing motor pa...
Physiological Entomology
September 2013
Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying regulation of mating flight behaviors in male hone...
General and Comparative Endocrinology
June 2013
Food exchange behavior between multiple founding queens of Polyrhachis moesta (Hymenopt...
Applied Entomology and Zoology
January 2013
Caste differences in dopamine-related substances and dopamine supply in the brains of h...
General and Comparative Endocrinology
August 2012
Regulation of the brain dopaminergic system by juvenile hormone in honey bee males (Api...
Insect Molecular Biology
July 2012
Dopaminergic system as the mechanism underlying personality in a beetle
Journal of Insect Physiology
May 2012
Serotonin-induced mate rejection in the female cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora
The Science of Nature
September 2011
Dopamine enhances locomotor activity for mating in male honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Journal of Insect Physiology
September 2010
Biogenic amines, caffeine and tonic immobility in Tribolium castaneum
Journal of Insect Physiology
June 2010
A homeotic mutation influences the wing vibration patterns during mating in males of th...
Journal of Insect Physiology
August 2009
Gonadotropic effects of dopamine in isolated workers of the primitively eusocial wasp, ...
The Science of Nature
February 2009
Dopamine influences locomotor activity in honeybee queens: implications for a behaviour...
Physiological Entomology
December 2008
Influence of age and juvenile hormone on brain dopamine level in male honeybee (Apis me...
Journal of Insect Physiology
May 2008
Pleiotropic antipredator strategies, fleeing and feigning death, correlated with dopami...
Animal Behaviour
January 2008
Neuro-endocrine correlates of ovarian development and egg-laying behaviors in the primi...
Journal of Insect Physiology
September 2007
Reorganization of the Central Nervous Systems in Response to Changes in Social Environm...
Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
August 2007
Potential effects of tyramine on the transition to reproductive workers in honeybees (A...
Physiological Entomology
June 2007
Swallowing motor pattern triggered and modified by sucrose stimulation in the larvae of...
Journal of Insect Physiology
May 2006
Depression of brain dopamine and its metabolite after mating in European honeybee (Apis...
The Science of Nature
April 2005
Different physiological properties in a pool of mandibular closer motor neurons in a ca...
Neuroscience Letters
February 2005
Queen phenotype and behaviour during cooperative colony founding in Polyrhachis moesta
Insectes Sociaux
February 2005
Substantial changes in central nervous system neurotransmitters and neuromodulators acc...
Journal of Experimental Biology
September 2004
Discrimination of larval sex and timing of male brood elimination by workers in honeybe...
Applied Entomology and Zoology
January 2004
Proprioceptors monitoring forces in a locust hind leg during kicking form negative feed...
Journal of Experimental Biology
February 2003
Brain tyramine and reproductive states of workers in honeybees
Journal of Insect Physiology
December 2002
Egg activation and timing of sperm acceptance by an egg in honeybees ( Apis mellifera L.)
Insectes Sociaux
August 2002
Nutritional factors affecting the egg sex ratio adjustment by a honeybee queen
Insectes Sociaux
December 2001
Distribution and levels of dopamine and its metabolites in brains of reproductive worke...
Journal of Insect Physiology
September 2001
Honeybee Queens Lay Fertilized Eggs When No Comb Cells for Oviposition Are Available
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE
October 1999
Activation in Vitro of Unfertilized Egg Development in Honeybee Queens
The Science of Nature
February 1997
Cooperative foundation of colonies by unrelated foundresses in the antPolyrhachis moesta
Insectes Sociaux
June 1996
The Honeybee Queen Has the Potential Ability to Regulate the Primary Sex Ratio
Applied Entomology and Zoology
January 1996
Sperm Utilization by Honey Bee Queens : DNA Fingerprinting Analysis
Applied Entomology and Zoology
January 1995