Developmental and dominance-associated differences in mushroom body structure in the paper wasp Mischocyttarus mastigophorus

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  O'Donnell, Sean ^a   Donlan, Nicole ^b   Jones, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Division of labor; Kenyon cells; Mushroom bodies; Neural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT SOCIETY; MALE; MISCHOCYTTARUS MASTIGOPHORUS; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

EID: 34548613944     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20324     Document Type: Article

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