Olfactory information processing in honeybee, Apis mellifera, nestmate recognition

2004 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 921-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Breed ◽  
Patrick H. Diaz ◽  
Kristine D. Lucero
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Olfactory Information

Olfactory information processing, odor-modulated behavior, and their plasticity in the moth Manduca sexta

2009 ◽  
Vol 153 (2) ◽  
pp. S155-S156
Author(s):  
John G. Hildebrand ◽  
Joshua P. Martin ◽  
Carolina E. Reisenman ◽  
Hong Lei ◽  
Jeffrey A. Riffell
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Manduca Sexta ◽  
Olfactory Information

Homomeric RDL and Heteromeric RDL/LCCH3 GABA Receptors in the Honeybee Antennal Lobes: Two Candidates for Inhibitory Transmission in Olfactory Processing

2010 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 458-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Pierre Dupuis ◽  
Michaël Bazelot ◽  
Guillaume Stéphane Barbara ◽  
Sandrine Paute ◽  
Monique Gauthier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Chloride Channel ◽  
Gaba Receptors ◽  
Gaba Receptor ◽  
Chloride Channels ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Inhibitory Transmission ◽  
Olfactory Information ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Inward Currents

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)–gated chloride channel receptors are abundant in the CNS, where their physiological role is to mediate fast inhibitory neurotransmission. In insects, this inhibitory transmission plays a crucial role in olfactory information processing. In an effort to understand the nature and properties of the ionotropic receptors involved in these processes in the honeybee Apis mellifera, we performed a pharmacological and molecular characterization of GABA-gated channels in the primary olfactory neuropile of the honeybee brain—the antennal lobe (AL)—using whole cell patch-clamp recordings coupled with single-cell RT-PCR. Application of GABA onto AL cells at −110 mV elicited fast inward currents, demonstrating the existence of ionotropic GABA-gated chloride channels. Molecular analysis of the GABA-responding cells revealed that both subunits RDL and LCCH3 were expressed out of the three orthologs of Drosophila melanogaster GABA-receptor subunits encoded within the honeybee genome (RDL, resistant to dieldrin; GRD, GABA/glycine-like receptor of Drosophila ; LCCH3, ligand-gated chloride channel homologue 3), opening the door to possible homo- and/or heteromeric associations. The resulting receptors were activated by insect GABA-receptor agonists muscimol and CACA and blocked by antagonists fipronil, dieldrin, and picrotoxin, but not bicuculline, displaying a typical RDL-like pharmacology. Interestingly, increasing the intracellular calcium concentration potentiated GABA-elicited currents, suggesting a modulating effect of calcium on GABA receptors possibly through phosphorylation processes that remain to be determined. These results indicate that adult honeybee AL cells express typical RDL-like GABA receptors whose properties support a major role in synaptic inhibitory transmission during olfactory information processing.

Differential parallel processing of olfactory information in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L.

2002 ◽  
Vol 188 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Müller D. ◽  
Abel R. ◽  
Brandt R. ◽  
Zöckler M. ◽  
Menzel R.
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Parallel Processing ◽  
Olfactory Information

Effects of queen mandibular pheromone on nestmate recognition in worker honeybees, Apis mellifera

2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongliang Fan ◽  
Freddie-Jeanne Richard ◽  
Nabila Rouf ◽  
Christina M. Grozinger
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Queen Mandibular Pheromone

Floral oils: their effect on nestmate recognition in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

1998 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Bowden ◽  
S. Williamson ◽  
M. D. Breed
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Nestmate Recognition

scholarly journals Using Errors by Guard Honeybees (Apis mellifera) to Gain New Insights into Nestmate Recognition Signals

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 649-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duccio Pradella ◽  
Stephen J. Martin ◽  
Francesca R. Dani
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Nestmate Recognition

Computational Diversity in a Formal Model of the Insect Olfactory Macroglomerulus

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Linster ◽  
C. Masson ◽  
M. Kerszberg ◽  
L. Personnaz ◽  
G. Dreyfus
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Olfactory System ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Olfactory Information ◽  
Temporal Aspects ◽  
Stochastic Parameters ◽  
Formal Network ◽  
Random Connectivity

We present a model of the specialist olfactory system of selected moth species and the cockroach. The model is built in a semirandom fashion, constrained by biological (physiological and anatomical) data. We propose a classification of the response patterns of individual neurons, based on the temporal aspects of the observed responses. Among the observations made in our simulations a number relate to data about olfactory information processing reported in the literature; others may serve as predictions and as guidelines for further investigations. We discuss the effect of the stochastic parameters of the model on the observed model behavior and on the ability of the model to extract features of the input stimulation. We conclude that a formal network, built with random connectivity, can suffice to reproduce and to explain many aspects of olfactory information processing at the first level of the specialist olfactory system of insects.

Olfactory Information Processing in Moths

2009 ◽  
pp. 71-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Haupt ◽  
Takeshi Sakurai ◽  
Shigehiro Namiki ◽  
Tomoki Kazawa ◽  
Ryohei Kanzaki
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Olfactory Information
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