In the Laboratory and during Free-Flight: Old Honey Bees Reveal Learning and Extinction Deficits that Mirror Mammalian Functional Decline

Daniel Münch; Nicholas Baker; Claus D. Kreibich; Anders T. Bråten; Gro V. Amdam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013504

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In the Laboratory and during Free-Flight: Old Honey Bees Reveal Learning and Extinction Deficits that Mirror Mammalian Functional Decline

Daniel Münch ,

* E-mail: daniel.munch@umb.no

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
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Nicholas Baker,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Claus D. Kreibich,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
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Anders T. Bråten,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
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Gro V. Amdam

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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In the Laboratory and during Free-Flight: Old Honey Bees Reveal Learning and Extinction Deficits that Mirror Mammalian Functional Decline

Daniel Münch,
Nicholas Baker,
Claus D. Kreibich,
Anders T. Bråten,
Gro V. Amdam

Published: October 19, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013504

About the Authors

Daniel Münch

* E-mail: daniel.munch@umb.no

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway

Nicholas Baker

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Claus D. Kreibich

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway

Anders T. Bråten

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway

Gro V. Amdam

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM NB GVA. Performed the experiments: DM NB CDK ATB. Analyzed the data: DM GVA. Wrote the paper: DM NB GVA.

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