Left–right asymmetries are common properties of nervous systems. Although lateralized sensory processing has been well studied, information is lacking about how asymmetries are represented at the level of neural coding. Using in vivo functional imaging, we identified a population-level left–right asymmetry in the honey bee’s primary olfactory centre, the antennal lobe (AL). When both antennae were stimulated via a frontal odour source, the interodour distances between neural response patterns were higher in the right than in the left AL. Behavioural data correlated with the brain imaging results: bees with only their right antennawere better in discriminating a target odour in a cross-adaptation paradigm. We hypothesize that the differences in neural odour representations in the two brain sides serve to increase coding capacity by parallel processing

Rigosi, E.; Haase, A.; Rath, L.; Anfora, G.; Vallortigara, G.; Szyszka, P. (2015). Asymmetric neural coding revealed by in vivo calcium imaging in the honey bee brain. PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 282 (1804): 20142571. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2571 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/24832

Asymmetric neural coding revealed by in vivo calcium imaging in the honey bee brain

Anfora, Gianfranco;
2015-01-01

Abstract

Left–right asymmetries are common properties of nervous systems. Although lateralized sensory processing has been well studied, information is lacking about how asymmetries are represented at the level of neural coding. Using in vivo functional imaging, we identified a population-level left–right asymmetry in the honey bee’s primary olfactory centre, the antennal lobe (AL). When both antennae were stimulated via a frontal odour source, the interodour distances between neural response patterns were higher in the right than in the left AL. Behavioural data correlated with the brain imaging results: bees with only their right antennawere better in discriminating a target odour in a cross-adaptation paradigm. We hypothesize that the differences in neural odour representations in the two brain sides serve to increase coding capacity by parallel processing
Honey bee
Brain asymmetry
Odour coding
Calcium imaging
Odour discrimination
Lateralization
Apis mellifera
Asimmetria cerebrale
Lateralizzazione olfattiva
Settore AGR/11 - ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALE E APPLICATA
2015
Rigosi, E.; Haase, A.; Rath, L.; Anfora, G.; Vallortigara, G.; Szyszka, P. (2015). Asymmetric neural coding revealed by in vivo calcium imaging in the honey bee brain. PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 282 (1804): 20142571. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2571 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/24832
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