Multisensory convergence in the mushroom bodies of ants and bees

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 31-37

  Gronenberg, W ^a   Lopez Riquelme G O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Insects; Learning; Memory; Multimodal information; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; BEE; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MUSHROOM BODY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; BRAIN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FORMICIDAE; GLOMERULUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 3042535836     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.55.2004.1-4.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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