Multiple olfactory receptor neurons and their axonal projections in the antennal lobe of the honeybee Apis mellifera

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-405

  Kelber, Christina ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a   Kleineidam, Christoph Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Antennal lobe; Glomeruli; Odor representation; Sensilla placodea; VOI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HONEYBEE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33645662212     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20930     Document Type: Article

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