Age-related and light-induced plasticity in opsin gene expression and in primary and secondary visual centers of the nectar-feeding ant Camponotus rufipes

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1041-1057

  Yilmaz, Ayse ^a   Lindenberg, Annekathrin ^a   Albert, Stefan ^a   Grübel, Kornelia ^a   Spaethe, Johannes ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a   Groh, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camponotus rufipes; mushroom body; optic lobe; visual opsin gene; visual pathway

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; OPTIC TRACT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84987809923     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22374     Document Type: Article

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