Partial unilateral lesions of the mushroom bodies affect olfactory learning in honeybees Apis mellifera L.

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 477-485

  Komischke, Bernhard ^a   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^b   Malun, Dagmar ^a   Giurfa, Martin ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Cognition; Honeybee; Hydroxyurea; Mushroom bodies; Olfactory learning

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEMISPHERE; HONEYBEE; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LARVA; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSHROOM BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYDROXYUREA; MUSHROOM BODIES; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; REACTION TIME;

EID: 13444267635     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03879.x     Document Type: Article

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