Courtship learning in Drosophila melanogaster: Diverse plasticity of a reproductive behavior

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 743-750

  Griffith, Leslie C ^a   Ejima, Aki ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEARNING; MATING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION;

EID: 73349126979     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.956309     Document Type: Review

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