Neuronal circadian clock protein oscillations are similar in behaviourally rhythmic forager honeybees and in arrhythmic nurses

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Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Fuchikawa, T ^a,e   Beer, K ^b   Linke Winnebeck, C ^c,f   Ben David, R ^a   Kotowoy, A ^a   Tsang, V W K ^d   Warman, G R ^d   Winnebeck, E C ^c,d,g   Helfrich Forster C ^b   Bloch, G ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Victoria Urdversity of Wellington   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f CHROMOTEK GMBH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural Plasticity; Circadian Clock; Division Of Labour; Drosophila; Neuroanatomy; Social Behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS;

EID: 85021183028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.170047     Document Type: Article

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