Biogenic amines in the brain of the honeybee: Cellular distribution, development, and behavioral functions

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 166-178

  Bicker, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal lobes; Development; Dopamine; Histamine; Insect; Mushroom bodies; Octopamine; Optic lobes; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ANTENNA LOBES;

ANTENNAL LOBES; BIOGENIC AMINES; DEVELOPMENT; DOPAMINE; HISTAMINES; INSECT; MUSHROOM BODIES; OCTOPAMINE; OPTIC LOBE; SEROTONIN;

NEURONS;

BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; HISTAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033081994     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990115/01)44:2/3<166::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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