Synaptogenesis in the mushroom body calyx during metamorphosis in the honeybee Apis mellifera: An electron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 497, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 876-897

  Ganeshina, Olga ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^a,c   Menzel, Randolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Insects; Synaptic circuits; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HONEYBEE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSHROOM BODIES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33745891190     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21033     Document Type: Article

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