Expansion of the neuropil of the mushroom bodies in male honey bees is coincident with initiation of flight

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 135-138

  Fahrbach, Susan E ^a   Giray, Tugrul ^a   Farris, Sarah M ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpora pedunculata; Drone bee; European honey bee; Juvenile hormone; Mushroom bodies

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030684667     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00772-6     Document Type: Article

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