Asymmetric neural coding revealed by in vivo calcium imaging in the honey bee brain

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1803, 2015, Pages

  Rigosi, Elisa ^a   Haase, Albrecht ^a   Rath, Lisa ^b   Anfora, Gianfranco ^c   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a   Szyszka, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Calcium imaging; Honey bee; Lateralization; Odour coding; Odour discrimination

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CALCIUM; HONEYBEE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; ODOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84922570151     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2571     Document Type: Article

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