Searching for anatomical correlates of olfactory lateralization in the honeybee antennal lobes: A morphological and behavioural study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 290-294

  Rigosi, Elisa ^a,b   Frasnelli, Elisa ^c   Vinegoni, Claudio ^d   Antolini, Renzo ^b   Anfora, Gianfranco ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b   Haase, Albrecht ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobes; Apis mellifera; Brain asymmetry; Olfactory learning; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HONEYBEE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REFLEX; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MENTAL RECALL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954634101     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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