Light exposure leads to reorganization of microglomeruli in the mushroom bodies and influences juvenile hormone levels in the honeybee

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1141-1153

  Scholl, Christina ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Krischke, Markus ^c   Mueller, Martin J ^c   Amdam, Gro V ^b,d   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Juvenile hormone; Light exposure; Microglomeruli; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN; ACTIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE SILENCING; HEMOLYMPH; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROGLOMERULI; MUSHROOM BODY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BEE; DIET RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ACTINS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; JUVENILE HORMONES; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSHROOM BODIES; NERVE NET; PHALLOIDINE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84908017587     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22195     Document Type: Article

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