The simplicity and accessibility of the olfactory systems of insects underlie a body of
research essential to understanding not only olfactory function but also general principles of …

In evolutionary terms, life is about reproduction. Yet, in some species, individuals forgo their
own reproduction to support the reproductive efforts of others. Social insect colonies for …

Octopamine (OA) underlies reinforcement during appetitive conditioning in the honey bee
and fruit fly, acting via different subtypes of receptors. Recently, antibodies raised against a …

In the course of evolution, eusociality has appeared several times independently in
Hymenoptera, within different families such as Apidae (bees), Formicidae (ants), and …

Animals face highly complex and dynamic olfactory stimuli in their natural environments,
which require fast and reliable olfactory processing. Parallel processing is a common …

This article describes the cellular sources for tyramine and the cellular targets of tyramine via
the Tyramine Receptor 1 (AmTyr1) in the olfactory learning and memory neuropils of the …

Local interneurons (LNs) play important roles in shaping and modulating the activity of
output neurons in primary olfactory centers. Here, we studied the morphological …

Despite divergent evolutionary origins, the organization of olfactory systems is remarkably
similar across phyla. In both insects and mammals, sensory input from receptor cells is …

When smelling an odorant mixture, olfactory systems can be analytical (ie extract information
about the mixture elements) or synthetic (ie creating a configural percept of the mixture) …

Ants, eusocial insects, have highly elaborate chemical communication systems using a wide
variety of pheromones. In the carpenter ant, Camponotus japonicus, workers and queens …