Lateralization in the Invertebrate Brain: Left-right asymmetry of olfaction in bumble bee, Bombus terrestris

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Anfora, Gianfranco ^a   Rigosi, Elisa ^a,b   Frasnelli, Elisa ^b   Ruga, Vincenza ^b   Trona, Federica ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYMENOPTERA; LEARNING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; SENSILLUM; SMELLING; TRAINING; ANIMAL; BEE; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SMELL;

EID: 79955679954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018903     Document Type: Article

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