Early olfactory experience induces structural changes in the primary olfactory center of an insect brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 682-690

  Arenas, A ^a   Giurfa, M ^b   Sandoz, J C ^b,c   Hourcade, B ^b   Devaud, J M ^b   Farina, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^c France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Associative learning; Early experiences; Honeybee; Memory retrieval; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY MEMORY; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEES; BRAIN; INSECTS; LEARNING; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857994048     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.07999.x     Document Type: Article

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