Immune response inhibits associative learning in insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2471-2473

  Mallon, Eamonn B ^a   Brockmann, Axel ^b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Associative learning; Immunity; Proboscis extension; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSECT; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345059747     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2456     Document Type: Article

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