Early olfactory experience modifies neural activity in the antennal lobe of a social insect at the adult stage

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1498-1508

  Arenas, A ^a,b   Giurfa, M ^c   Farina, W M ^a,b   Sandoz, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Early experiences; Honeybee; Memory retrieval; Olfaction; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS; HONEYBEE; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT SOCIETY; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SENSE ORGANS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350236651     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06940.x     Document Type: Article

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