Biochemistry of insect learning: Lessons from bees and flies

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-335

  Meller, Victoria H ^a   Davis, Ronald L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Drosophila melanogaster; Learning; Memory; Mushroom bodies; Review

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030115352     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00100-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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