TABLE 3

Neurotransmitter-related behaviors

NT/ReceptorCNS-Related BehaviorReference
SerotoninFeeding, aggression, courtship, sleep, learning and memoryDierick and Greenspan, 2007; Sitaraman et al., 2008; Alekseyenko et al., 2010; Neckameyer, 2010
5-HT1A-likeAggression, sleep, learning and memoryYuan et al., 2005; Johnson et al., 2008, 2009
5-HT2Circadian, aggression, visual processingNichols and Sanders-Bush, 2002; Nichols, 2007; Johnson et al., 2008
5-HT7Learning and memory, courtship and matingJohnson et al. 2010; C. D. Nichols, unpublished data
DopamineLocomotor activity, arousal, circadianFoltenyi et al., 2007; Hirsh et al., 2010
D1Learning and memory, prepulse inhibitionLebestky et al., 2009; Waddell, 2010
D2Locomotor activity, arousalDraper et al., 2007
GlutamateSocial interaction, learning and memoryGrosjean et al., 2008
GABASleep, circadian, learning and memoryChung et al., 2009; Hamasaka et al., 2005; Davis, 2005
AcetylcholineLearning and memory, circadianGu and O'Dowd, 2006; Hamasaka et al., 2007