The morphology, physiology and function of suboesophageal neck motor neurons in the honeybee

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-304

  Schröter, Ulrike ^a   Wilson, Sophie L J ^a   Srinivasan, Mandyam V ^a   Ibbotson, Michael R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Direction selective; Neck motor neuron; Rhodamine dextran; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLYING; HEAD MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HONEY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NECK MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HONEY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NECK MUSCLES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847217330     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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