Plasticity of the worker bumblebee brain in relation to age and rearing environment

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-261

  Jones, Beryl M ^a   Leonard, Anne S ^c   Papaj, Daniel R ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Multimodal interactions; Mushroom bodies; Neuronal plasticity; Sensory environment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ODOR; ORGAN SIZE; STIMULATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SMELL; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84898461723     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355845     Document Type: Article

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