Olfactory pathway of the hornet Vespa velutina: New insights into the evolution of the hymenopteran antennal lobe

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 524, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2335-2359

  Couto, Antoine ^a   Lapeyre, Benoit ^a   Thiéry, Denis ^b   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Macroglomerulus; RRID:SCR_000450; RRID:SCR_003070; RRID:SCR_007353; RRID:SCR_013672; Social insects; Three dimensional reconstruction; Wasps

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HYMENOPTERA; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VESPA; VESPA VELUTINA; WORKER (INSECT); ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANT; BEE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; WASPS;

EID: 84959907588     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23975     Document Type: Article

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