Microglomerular synaptic complexes in the sky-compass network of the honeybee connect parallel pathways from the anterior optic tubercle to the central complex

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Held, Martina ^a   Berz, Annuska ^a   Hensgen, Ronja ^a   Muenz, Thomas S ^b   Scholl, Christina ^b   Rössler, Wolfgang ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a   Pfeiffer, Keram ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior optic tubercle; Central complex; Honeybee; Insect brain; Polarization vision; Sky compass orientation; Synaptic connections

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HONEYBEE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION;

EID: 84992663692     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00186     Document Type: Article

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