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Dynamic range compression in the honey bee auditory system toward waggle dance sounds

Seiya Tsujiuchi1, Elena Sivan-Loukianova, Daniel F Eberl

  • 1Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan.

Plos One
|February 22, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Honey bee antennae and Johnston's organs (JO) detect waggle dance sounds. Aged foragers' JO neurons preserve dance communication signals, enabling navigation.

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