Stereological analysis reveals striking differences in the structural plasticity of two readily identifiable glomeruli in the antennal lobes of the adult worker honeybee

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 8514-8522

  Brown, Sheena M ^a,b   Napper, Ruth M ^b   Thompson, Caryn M ^a   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department Structural Biology ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Olfactory bulbs; Stereology; Structural plasticity; Synapse; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISSECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULUS; HONEYBEE; LIFE CYCLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036812514     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-19-08514.2002     Document Type: Article

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