Spatial representation of alarm pheromone information in a secondary olfactory centre in the ant brain

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2465-2474

  Yamagata, Nobuhiro ^a   Mizunami, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral horn; Olfaction; Pheromone communication; Sensory map; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANT; BRAIN; EUSOCIALITY; HORN; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEUROLOGY; OLFACTION; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956488681     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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