Delayed axonal pruning in the ant brain: A study of developmental trajectories

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 350-364

  Seid, Marc A ^a,b   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Axonal pruning; Desert ants; Glia; Insect brain; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CATAGLYPHIS ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTS; AXONS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPIL;

EID: 66149093507     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20709     Document Type: Article

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