DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF A SPECIALIST HERBIVORE DEPEND ON SEASONALITY OF, AND LIGHT CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED BY, THE HOST PLANT.

Developmental and reproductive performance of a specialist herbivore depend on seasonality of, and light conditions experienced by, the host plant.

Host plant phenology (as influenced by seasonality) and light-mediated changes in the phenotypic and phytochemical properties of leaves have been hypothesised to equivocally influence insect herbivore performance.Here, we examined the effects of seasonality, through host plant phenology (late growth-season = autumn vs flowering-season = winter) and

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Bidirectional Control of Reversal in a Dual Action Task by Direct and Indirect Pathway Activation in the Dorsolateral Striatum in Mice

The striatum is a key brain structure involved in the processing of cognitive flexibility, which results Leisure from the balance between the flexibility demanded for novel learning of motor actions and the inflexibility required to preserve previously learned actions.In particular, the dorsolateral portion of the striatum (DLS) is engaged in the l

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