Visual conditioning of the sting extension reflex in harnessed honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3577-3587

  Mota, Theo ^a,b   Roussel, Edith ^a,b   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Giurfa, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Honeybee.; Learning; Memory; Sting extension reflex; Vision

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; TIME; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; REWARD; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 80054704076     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.062026     Document Type: Article

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