Caste- and sex-specific adaptations within the olfactory pathway in the brain of the ant Camponotus floridanus

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-479

  Zube, Christina ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Developmental plasticity; Glomeruli; Mushroom body; Projection neurons; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CASTE; ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LEARNING; MALE; MUSHROOM BODY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEX DETERMINATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 49949104212     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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