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A Proboscis Extension Response Protocol for Investigating Behavioral Plasticity in Insects: Application to Basic, Biomedical, and Agricultural Research
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A Proboscis Extension Response Protocol for Investigating Behavioral Plasticity in Insects: Application to Basic, Biomedical, and Agricultural Research

A Proboscis Extension Response Protocol for Investigating Behavioral Plasticity in Insects: Application to Basic, Biomedical, and Agricultural Research

DOI:
10.3791/51057-v

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10:31 min

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September 08, 2014

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1School of Life Sciences,Arizona State University

Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:49Collecting, Restraining, and Feeding Bees
  • 03:45Conditioning
  • 05:37Delivering the Unconditioned Stimulus
  • 06:33Testing and Recording Responses
  • 08:43Results: Proboscis Extension Response after Conditioning
  • 09:57Conclusion

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The Proboscis Extension Response (PER) conditioning protocol, developed for the honey bee (Apis mellifera), provides an ecologically-relevant and easily quantifiable means for studying several different mechanisms of learning in many insect species.

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Keywords: Proboscis Extension Response (PER)Behavioral PlasticityInsectsLearningAssociative ConditioningHoney BeesEcologically Relevant MechanismsNeural ActivityEnvironmental StressorsToxinsPesticidesLaboratory ExerciseBehavioral ConditioningContinuous VariablesLatencyDuration

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