Comparison of learning and memory of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera
Comparison of learning and memory of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera
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中华蜜蜂与意大利蜜蜂学习记忆的比较
DOI：
10.1007/s00359-012-0747-9
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Zeng, Zhi-Jiang
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作者：
Qin, Qiu-Hong;He, Xu-Jiang;Zeng, Zhi-Jiang
蜜蜂是研究无脊椎动物学习和记忆的一种极好的模式生物。在过去的几十年里，蜜蜂的学习和记忆引起了神经科学家和昆虫学家的兴趣，但注意力几乎只集中在西方蜜蜂上。相比之下，很少有关于东方蜜蜂（Apis cerana）学习和记忆的研究。在这里，我们报告的比较行为数据的颜色和光栅学习和记忆的A。cerana和A.中国的意大利蜜蜂，使用Y-迷宫装置收集。我们首次证明了A. cerana在颜色和光栅图案上均显著优于A.意利费拉。这项研究首次证明了A. cerana和A.为进一步研究蜜蜂的学习记忆机制奠定了重要基础。
The honeybee is an excellent model organism for research on learning and memory among invertebrates. Learning and memory in honeybees has intrigued neuroscientists and entomologists in the last few decades, but attention has focused almost solely on the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. In contrast, there have been few studies on learning and memory in the Eastern honeybee, Apis cerana. Here we report comparative behavioral data of color and grating learning and memory for A. cerana and A. mellifera in China, gathered using a Y-maze apparatus. We show for the first time that the learning and memory performance of A. cerana is significantly better on both color and grating patterns than that of A. mellifera. This study provides the first evidence of a learning and memory difference between A. cerana and A. mellifera under controlled conditions, and it is an important basis for the further study of the mechanism of learning and memory in honeybees.