Neuronal plasticity in the mushroom body calyx during adult maturation in the honeybee and possible pheromonal influences

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1368-1384

  Muenz, Thomas S ^a   Groh, Claudia ^a   Maisonnasse, Alban ^b   Le Conte, Yves ^b   Plettner, Erika ^c   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ethyl oleate; Mushroom body; Primer pheromone; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

OLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHEROMONE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BEES; COHORT STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OLEIC ACIDS; ORGAN SIZE; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84958019537     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22290     Document Type: Article

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