Pilocarpine improves recognition of nestmates in young honey bees

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 439, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-181

  Ismail, Nyla ^a   Christine, Stephanie ^b   Robinson, Gene E ^a   Fahrbach, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Apis mellifera; Kin recognition; Muscarinic receptor; Pilocarpine; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HONEYBEE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCOPOLAMINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44649177563     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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