Queen pheromone blocks aversive learning in young worker bees

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5836, 2007, Pages 384-386

  Vergoz, Vanina ^a   Schreurs, Haley A ^a   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PHEROMONE;

BEE; LEARNING; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT;

ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEARNING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; WORKER (INSECT);

3-METHOXY-4-HYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUCROSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547111262     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142448     Document Type: Article

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