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How to take an ant's pulse: a procedure for nonâdestructively monitoring baseline and stimulated heart rate in Formicidae.
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . Sep2021, Vol. 169 Issue 9, p807-812. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Ants, like other insects, have a heart that pumps hemolymph rhythmically. We designed an apparatus and procedure to nonâdestructively monitor the rate of cardiac contractions in ants, using a modified light microscope and infrared light. This allowed us to obtain the first baseline heart rate data on three ant species, collected in Georgia, USA. We next describe how ant heart rates can be stimulated, for comparing cardiac reactions among colonies, or for assessing stress responses. The procedures described here may be useful for other researchers interested in ant physiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HEART beat
*ANTS
*MICROSCOPES
*SOLENOPSIS invicta
*HEMOLYMPH
*CARDIAC contraction
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00138703
- Volume :
- 169
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151958652
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13071