Queen discrimination ability of ant workers (Camponotus japonicus) coincides with brain maturation

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-64

  Hara, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant; Antennal lobes; Brain; Discrimination; Hymenoptera; Insects; Invertebrates; Learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; MITOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MITOSIS; NEUROGLIA; ODORS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042574102     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071960     Document Type: Article

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