Memoirs of a locust: Density-dependent behavioral change as a model for learning and memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Geva, N ^a   Guershon, M ^a   Orlova, M ^a   Ayali, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisomycin; Habituation; Learning; Locust polyphenism; Long term memory

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCUST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANISOMYCIN; CROWDING; ESCAPE REACTION; GRASSHOPPERS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 76949107326     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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