C-type allatostatins mimic stress-related effects of alarm pheromone on honey bee learning and memory recall.

As honey bee populations worldwide are declining there is an urgent need for a deeper understanding of stress reactivity in these important insects. Our data indicate that stress responses in bees (Apis mellifera L.) may be mediated by neuropeptides identified, on the basis of sequence similarities,...

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Main Authors: Elodie Urlacher, Jean-Marc Devaud, Alison R Mercer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5360335?pdf=render