Distributed representation of social odors indicates parallel processing in the antennal lobe of ants

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2437-2449

  Brandstaetter, Andreas Simon ^a   Kleineidam, Christoph Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camponotus floridanus; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Dual olfactory pathway; Nestmate recognition; Two photon calcium imaging

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTENNAL LOBE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS; INSECT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL ODOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80755188004     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01106.2010     Document Type: Article

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