Influenza di alcuni neurofarmaci sull’agamia degli Elosomatidi
Observations prolonged for two months show how aged Aelosoma viride specimens increase their asexual reproductive power. Treatment of this species with some neuropharmacological agents (norepinephrine, amphetamine, reserpine) demonstrate that: 1) noradrenaline excites the growth by increasing the number of segments; 2) amphetamine excites the growth but inhibits asexual reproduction; 3) reserpine is strongly toxic; 4) growth and asexual reproduction appear as two partially separated processes.