Odour-evoked responses to queen pheromone components and to plant odours using optical imaging in the antennal lobe of the honey bee drone Apis mellifera L.

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3587-3598

  Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Calcium imaging; Insect; Olfaction; Sex pheromone; Sexual communication

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; FLOWERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PERCEPTION; SENSE ORGANS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL;

APIS MELLIFERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33750222675     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02423     Document Type: Article

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