Octopamine improves learning in newly emerged bees but not in old foragers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1076-1083

  Behrends, Andreas ^a   Scheiner, Ricarda ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Honey bee; Olfactory conditioning; PER; Sucrose responsiveness

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SUCROSE; TYRAMINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; DOPAMINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SUCROSE; TYRAMINE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858662370     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.063297     Document Type: Article

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