In vivo Ca2+- Imaging of Mushroom Body Neurons During Olfactory Learning in the Honey BeeMelanie Haehnel 1, Anja Froese 2, Randolf Menzel 2
1Institut für Biologie - Neurobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, 2Institut für Biologie - Neurobiologie, Free University Berlin - Freie Universitaet Berlin
Bees can be conditioned in an appetitive olfactory learning paradigm (PER-conditioning). Using odors as stimuli, we established a method in which behavior is recorded while simultaneously Calcium Imaging is used to measure odor evoked activity in mushroom body neurons in vivo.