Age-dependent and task-related morphological changes in the brain and the mushroom bodies of the ant Camponotus floridanus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2011-2019

  Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a   Heeren, Silke ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ant; brain development; Camponotus floridanus; Kenyon cells; mushroom bodies; neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029842918     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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