Depolymerization of actin facilitates memory formation in an insect

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1023-1027

  Ganeshina, Olga ^a,b   Erdmann, Jessika ^a   Tiberi, Sandra ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^b   Menzel, Randolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actin; Honeybee; Memory; Olfactory conditioning

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INHIBITION; MEMORY; OLFACTORY CUE; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84869802851     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0784     Document Type: Article

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