Neural pathways for the processing of alarm pheromone in the ant brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 505, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-442

  Yamagata, Nobuhiro ^a   Nishino, Hiroshi ^b   Mizunami, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Insect; Lateral horn; Mushroom body; Protocerebrum

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ALKANES; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCAPE REACTION; FORMIC ACIDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 36249015414     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21500     Document Type: Article

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