Perceptual and neural olfactory similarity in honeybees

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 0718-0732

  Guerrieri, Fernando ^a   Schubert, Marco ^a   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^a   Giurfa, Martin ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; CARBON; KETONE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; SMELLING; ANIMAL; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SENSORY NERVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUCROSE;

EID: 17144395639     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030060     Document Type: Article

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