Learning-dependent plasticity in the antennal lobe improves discrimination and recognition of odors in the honeybee.
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- Academic Journal
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- Marachlian E; Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Université Paris, Paris, France.; Klappenbach M; Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular e Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Locatelli F; Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular e Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. locatellif@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar.
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- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Country of Publication: Germany NLM ID: 0417625 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1432-0878 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0302766X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cell Tissue Res Subsets: MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
Honeybees are extensively used to study olfactory learning and memory processes thanks to their ability to discriminate and remember odors and because of their advantages for optophysiological recordings of the circuits involved in memory and odor perception. There are evidences that the encoding of odors in areas of primary sensory processing is not rigid, but undergoes changes caused by olfactory experience. The biological meaning of these changes is focus of intense discussions. Along this review, we present evidences of plasticity related to different forms of learning and discuss its function in the context of olfactory challenges that honeybees have to solve. So far, results in honeybees are consistent with a model in which changes in early olfactory processing contributes to the ability of an animal to recognize the presence of relevant odors and facilitates the discrimination of odors in a way adjusted to its own experience.