Biogenic amines and division of labor in honey bee colonies

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 471-479

  Wagener Hulme, C ^a,b   Kuehn, J C ^a   Schulz, D J ^a   Robinson, G E ^a  

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

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral development; Dopamine; Octopamine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0033136737     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050347     Document Type: Article

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