Structural plasticity of identified glomeruli in the antennal lobes of the adult worker honey bee

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 479-490

  Winnington, Andrew P ^a   Napper, Ruth M ^a   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; olfactory bulbs; stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SMELLING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSE ORGANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030040964     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960212)365:3<479::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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