Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1799-1807

  Williamson, Sally M ^a   Wright, Geraldine A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Apis mellifera; Imidacloprid; Long term memory; Pesticide; Pollinator decline

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COUMAFOS; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEE; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEY; LONG-TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATOR DECLINE; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; APIS MELLIFERA; IMIDACLOPRID; LONG-TERM MEMORY; PESTICIDE; POLLINATOR DECLINE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); COUMAPHOS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEY; IMIDAZOLES; MEMORY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ODORS; PESTICIDES; SAMPLE SIZE; SMELL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84877138264     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.083931     Document Type: Article

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