A macroglomerulus in the antennal lobe of leaf-cutting ant workers and its possible functional significance

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-392

  Kleineidam, C J ^a   Obermayer, M ^a   Halbich, W ^a   Rossler W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; EAG; Olfaction; Phenotypic plasticity; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL 3,6 DIMETHYLPYRAZINE; 4 METHYLPYRROL 2 CARBOXYLATE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; ATTA VOLLENWEIDERI; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 23844524204     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bji033     Document Type: Article

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