Brain size: A global or induced cost of learning?

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-128

  Snell Rood, Emilie C ^a,c   Papaj, Daniel R ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Brain size; Butterfly; Learning; Mushroom body; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSHROOM BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPERTROPHY; LEARNING; MUSHROOM BODIES; ORGAN SIZE; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 65449140601     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213647     Document Type: Article

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