ReviewInsects2014
Neural Mechanisms and Information Processing in Recognition Systems.
Review in Insects, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Independent Evolution of Linear and Branched Cuticular Hydrocarbons in Ants: A Hypothesis.Insects · 2026Article
- Genetic Basis of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Variation in the Desert AntEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Cuticular hydrocarbon reception by sensory neurons in basiconic sensilla of the Japanese carpenter ant.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Autofluorescent Biomolecules in Diptera: From Structure to Metabolism and Behavior.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Chemical identification of an active component and putative neural mechanism for repellent effect of a native ant's odor on invasive species.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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- The gut microbiome defines social group membership in honey bee colonies.Science advances · 2020Article
- Mechanisms of recognition in birds and social Hymenoptera: from detection to information processing.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Putative Neural Network Within an Olfactory Sensory Unit for Nestmate and Non-nestmate Discrimination in the Japanese Carpenter Ant: The Ultra-structures and Mathematical Simulation.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2018Article
- Chemical disguise of myrmecophilous cockroaches and its implications for understanding nestmate recognition mechanisms in leaf-cutting ants.BMC ecology · 2016Article
- Discriminatory abilities of facultative slave-making ants and their slaves.Insectes sociaux · 2016Article
- The Effect of Social Parasitism by Polyergus breviceps on the Nestmate Recognition System of Its Host, Formica altipetens.PloS one · 2016Article
- The origin and evolution of queen and fertility signals in Corbiculate bees.BMC evolutionary biology · 2015Article
- Distributed nestmate recognition in ants.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- Foliar Substrate Affects Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles and Intraspecific Aggression in the Leafcutter Ant Atta sexdens.Insects · 2015Article
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Abstract
Nestmate recognition is a hallmark of social insects. It is based on the match/mismatch of an identity signal carried by members of the society with that of the perceiving individual. While the behavioral response, amicable or aggressive, is very clear, the neural systems underlying recognition are not fully understood. Here we contrast two alternative hypotheses for the neural mechanisms that are responsible for the perception and information processing in recognition. We focus on recognition via chemical signals, as the common modality in social insects. The first, classical, hypothesis states that upon perception of recognition cues by the sensory system the information is passed as is to the antennal lobes and to higher brain centers where the information is deciphered and compared to a neural template. Match or mismatch information is then transferred to some behavior-generating centers where the appropriate response is elicited. An alternative hypothesis, that of "pre-filter mechanism", posits that the decision as to whether to pass on the information to the central nervous system takes place in the peripheral sensory system. We suggest that, through sensory adaptation, only alien signals are passed on to the brain, specifically to an "aggressive-behavior-switching center", where the response is generated if the signal is above a certain threshold.
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