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