Peripheral modulation of worker bee responses to queen mandibular pheromone

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 49, 2009, Pages 20930-20935

  Vergoz, Vanina ^a   McQuillan, H James ^a   Geddes, Lisa H ^a   Pullar, Kiri ^a   Nicholson, Brad J ^a   Paulin, Michael G ^a   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Honeybee; Olfaction pheromone

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; OCTOPAMINE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN AMDOP1; PROTEIN AMDOP3; PROTEIN AMOA1; QUEEN MANDIBULAR PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; FORAGING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDIBLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHEROMONES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 73949144540     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907563106     Document Type: Article

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