Ethanol-induced effects on sting extension response and punishment learning in the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Acute ethanol administration is associated with sedation and analgesia as well as behavioral disinhibition and memory loss but the mechanisms underlying these effects remain to be elucidated. During the past decade, insects have emerged as important model systems to understand the neural and genetic...

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Main Authors: Manuel A Giannoni-Guzmán, Tugrul Giray, Jose Luis Agosto-Rivera, Blake K Stevison, Brett Freeman, Paige Ricci, Erika A Brown, Charles I Abramson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4079248?pdf=render