Biogenic amines and division of labor in honey bee colonies: Behaviorally related changes in the antennal lobes and age-related changes in the mushroom bodies

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

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 481-488

  Schulz, D J ^a   Robinson, G E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioural development; Division of labor; Dopamine; Octopamine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; NERVE PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSE ORGAN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SENSE ORGANS;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0033136821     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050348     Document Type: Article

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