Age- and behaviour-related changes in the expression of biogenic amine receptor genes in the antennae of honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 753-761

  McQuillan, Henry J ^a   Barron, Andrew B ^b   Mercer, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antennae; Dopamine; Insect olfaction; Octopamine; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BEE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RECEPTORS, BIOGENIC AMINE;

EID: 84866561323     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0745-y     Document Type: Article

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