Odour coding is bilaterally symmetrical in the antennal lobes of honeybees (Apis mellifera)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2964-2974

  Galizia, C Giovanni ^a   Nägler, Karl ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^b   Menzel, Randolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Insect; Olfactory glomeruli; Optical recording; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032458596     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1998.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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