| Friday, 4 August 2006: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
| Empire (Omni Shoreham Hotel) | |||
| Symposium 23: Neuroethology of Social Insects | |||
| Recent advances in neurobiology have changed the way we view the central nervous system and how it regulates behavior. One novel and key perspective is an emphasis on neural plasticity- how changes in neuronal structure and function constrain behavior, and how the brain changes in response to even short-term environmental variation. Eusocial insects have served as important models in the plasticity revolution, and continue to offer opportunities to explore neural plasticity in an evolutionary context. The aim of this symposium is to explore how brain plasticity is related to complex, naturalistic, and evolutionarily relevant behavior in insect societies. Social insects offer a special opportunity to explore mechanisms of both individual, and higher-order (group), behavior. They exhibit a wide range of social complexity, inviting comparative analysis. | |||
| Organizers: | Sean O'Donnell Christoph J. Kleineidam | ||
| 1:30 PM | 250 | Evolution of complex mushroom bodies in the Hymenoptera Sarah M. Farris | |
| 1:50 PM | 251 | Phenotypic plasticity in the antennal lobe of ants and its possible role for social organization Christoph J. Kleineidam | |
| 2:10 PM | 252 | Neural plasticity and division of labor in eusocial paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Sean O'Donnell, Theresa Jones | |
| 2:30 PM | 253 | Experience-dependent plasticity in the mushroom body calyces of the honey bee Susan E. Fahrbach, Nyla Ismail, Gene E. Robinson | |
| 2:50 PM | 254 | Glia-mediated changes in the mushroom bodies of the desert ant, Cataglyphis albicans: A study of developmental trajectories Marc A. Seid, Ruediger Wehner | |
| 3:10 PM | 255 | Differential olfactory sensitivity and aminergic modulation help shape the expression of hygienic behavior in the honey bee, Apis mellifera Marla Spivak, Karen A. Mesce | |
| 3:30 PM | Break | ||
| 4:00 PM | 256 | The Impact of Mushroom Body Remodeling on Learning Abilities of the American Cockroach Sheena Brown, David Lent, Nicholas Strausfeld | |
| 4:20 PM | 257 | Neuroanatomical organization within the octopaminergic system of the honey bee brain Irina Sinakevitch, Julie Mustard, Brian H Smith, Nicholas J. Strausfeld | |
| 4:40 PM | 258 | Comparative neural architecture of orchid bees Elizabeth Capaldi, William T. Wcislo | |
| 5:00 PM | 259 | Ant nestmate and non-nestmate discrimination by a sensillum Mamiko Ozaki, Ayako Wada-Katsumata, Kazuyo Fujikawa, Masayuki Iwasaki, Fumio Yokohari, Ryohei Yamaoka | |
| 5:20 PM | 260 | Role of attention in honeybee visual learning Judith Reinhard, Shaowu Zhang, Mandyam V. Srinivasan | |
| 5:40 PM | Discussion | ||
| Sponsor: | Invited Symposia Presentations | ||
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