Neuropile organization in the brain of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) during the post-embryonic development

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-641

  Oliveira Soares, Paula Andréa ^a   Charles Delabie, Jacques Hubert ^b   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant; Nervous system; Neuronal reorganization; Neuropile

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944396828     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132004000400017     Document Type: Article

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