Effect of age, behaviour and social environment on honey bee brain plasticity

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 733-740

  Maleszka, Joanna ^a   Barron, Andrew B ^b   Helliwell, Paul G ^a   Maleszka, Ryszard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural development; Honey bee; Mushroom body; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 69449093865     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0449-0     Document Type: Article

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