Acute ethanol ingestion impairs appetitive olfactory learning and odor discrimination in the honey bee

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-643

  Mustard, Julie A ^a   Edgar, Elaina A ^c   Mazade, Reece E ^a   Wu, Chen ^a   Lillvis, Joshua L ^c   Wright, Geraldine A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Alcohol; Apis mellifera; Associative learning; Olfaction; Proboscis extension response

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APPETITE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BEES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; LEARNING; MEMORY; REWARD; SMELL; SUCROSE;

EID: 55149106764     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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