Different functions of two alarm substances in the honeybee

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-491

  Balderrama, N ^a   Nunez J ^b   Guerrieri, F ^c   Giurfa, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

2 Heptanone; Honeybee; Isopentyl acetate; Proboscis extension reflex; Stinging reflex

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; 2-HEPTANONE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE; PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECT; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ACETATES; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; APPETITE; BEES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); KETONES; MOUTH; PHEROMONES; REFLEX;

EID: 0036667084     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0321-y     Document Type: Article

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