Physiology and morphology of olfactory neurons associating with the protocerebral lobe of the honeybee brain

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1191-1204

  Iwama, Akifumi ^a   Shibuya, Tatsuaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Present Address: Sci Lab O   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Central neurons; Olfactory pathways; Protocerebral lobe; Recurrent networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HONEYBEE; INSECT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0031728280     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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