The Bee as a Model to Investigate Brain and Behavioural Asymmetries

The Bee as a Model to Investigate Brain and Behavioural Asymmetries

The honeybee Apis mellifera, with a brain of only 960,000 neurons and the ability to perform sophisticated cognitive tasks, has become an excellent model in life sciences and in particular in cognitive neurosciences. It has been used in our laboratories to investigate brain and behavioural asymmetri...

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Main Authors: Elisa Frasnelli, Albrecht Haase, Elisa Rigosi, Gianfranco Anfora, Lesley J. Rogers, Giorgio Vallortigara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-01-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
behavioural asymmetry
lateralization
learning
memory recall
PER
electroantennography
sensilla
2-photon microscopy
population-level
sociality
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/5/1/120

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