Differential conditioning and long-term olfactory memory in individual Camponotus fellah ants

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1904-1911

  Josens, Roxana ^a   Eschbach, Claire ^b,c   Giurfa, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant; Camponotus fellah; Conditioning; Learning; Long term memory; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MEMORY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; MEMORY; SMELL;

CAMPONOTUS FELLAH; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 66749121351     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030080     Document Type: Article

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