Age and rearing environment interact in the retention of early olfactory memories in honeybees

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

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 629-640

  Arenas, Andrés ^a   Farina, Walter M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Associative learning; Critical age; Early olfactory experiences; Memory retrieval

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ENVIRONMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENVIRONMENT; MEMORY; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 46649106267     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0337-z     Document Type: Article

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