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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Neural mechanisms underlying nestmate recognition of the ant Camponotus japonicus

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 24870029
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Animal physiology/Animal behavior
Research InstitutionFukuoka University

Principal Investigator

WATANABE Hidehiro  福岡大学, 理学部, 助教 (90535139)

Project Period (FY) 2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Keywords社会性昆虫 / クロオオアリ / 巣仲間識別 / 錐状感覚子 / 触角葉 / 糸球体 / キノコ体 / 嗅覚
Research Abstract

Ants have highly elaborate pheromonal communication systems to maintain a complex society. Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) found on the cuticle surface, play critical roles for nestmate recognition. It have been suggested that the ant, Camponotus japonicus, detects the colony-specific CHC profile by directly contacting another ant with their antennal basiconic sensilla. Here, we found that the ant can recognize nestmate by volatilized extracts derived from the cuticle surface. This result suggests that the ants recognize nestmate using olfactory cues. Therefore, we performed extracellular recordings from sensory neurons in a basiconic sensillum, and found that each sensillum responded varied olfactory molecules. In the ants, sensory information received by basiconic sensilla is processed in specific brain regions. Finally, to reveal the brain evolution of social insects, we developed immunostainings and compared brain structures among many hymenopteran insects.

  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Serotonin-immunoreactive sensory neurons in the antenna of the cockroach Periplaneta americana2014

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe H, Shimohigashi M, Yokohari F
    • Journal Title

      J Comp Neurol

      Volume: 522 Pages: 414-34

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.23419

  • [Journal Article] Features of the sexual dimorphism during the antennal development in praying mantis (Tenodera aridifolia), a base to understand the neural development processing?2014

    • Author(s)
      Carle T, Yamawaki Y, Watanabe H, Yokohari F
    • Journal Title

      PLoS one

      Volume: (in press)

  • [Journal Article] The antennal sensilla of the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia : a new flagellar partition based on the antennal macro-, micro- and ultrastructures2014

    • Author(s)
      Carle T, Toh Y, Yamawaki Y, Watanabe H, Yokohari F
    • Journal Title

      Arthropod Struct Dev

      Volume: 43 Pages: 103-16

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.asd.2013.10.005

  • [Journal Article] Participation of NO signaling in formation of long-term memory in salivary conditioning of the cockroach2013

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto CS, Kuramochi T, Matsumoto Y, Watanabe H, Nishino H, Mizunami M
    • Journal Title

      Neurosci Lett

      Volume: 541 Pages: 4-8

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neulet.2013.01.010

  • [Journal Article] ワモンゴキブリの末梢から高次中枢までの嗅覚情報処理機構2013

    • Author(s)
      渡邉英博
    • Journal Title

      比較生理生化学

      Volume: 30巻 Pages: 89-105

    • URL

      http://jscpb.org/ja/archive/copbey/30/3/

  • [Journal Article] Spatio-temporal activity patterns of odor-induced synchronized potentials revealed by voltage-sensitive dye imaging and intracellular recording in the antennal lobe of the cockroach2012

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe H, Ai H, Yokohari F
    • Journal Title

      Front Syst Neurosci

      Volume: 25 Pages: 6:55

    • DOI

      10.3389/fnsys.2012.00055

  • [Journal Article] Sensillum-specific, topographic projection patterns of olfactory receptor neurons in the antennal lobe of the cockroach Periplaneta americana2012

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe H, Haupt SS, Nishino H, Nishikawa M, Yokohari F
    • Journal Title

      J Comp Neurol

      Volume: 520 Pages: 1687-701

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.23007

  • [Journal Article] Higher brain centers for social tasks in worker ants, Camponotus japonicus2012

    • Author(s)
      Nishikawa M, Watanabe H, Yokohari F
    • Journal Title

      J Comp Neurol

      Volume: 520 Pages: 1584-98

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.23001.

  • [Presentation] ワモンゴキブリ二次嗅覚ニューロンからの同時細胞内記録2013

    • Author(s)
      渡邉英博、横張文男
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第84回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      岡山
    • Year and Date
      2013-09-26
  • [Presentation] Serotonin-immunoreactive sensory neurons in the antenna of the cockroach2013

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe H, Shimohigashi M, Yokohari F
    • Organizer
      第35回日本比較生理生化学会
    • Place of Presentation
      姫路
    • Year and Date
      2013-07-13
  • [Presentation] ゴキブリ触角葉での神経集団の同期発火による匂い符号化2012

    • Author(s)
      渡邉英博、藍浩之、横張文男
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第83回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-13
  • [Presentation] クロオオアリの揮発性物質の同定と触角感覚子の応答特性2012

    • Author(s)
      近藤篤志、塩路幸生、渡邉英博、横張文男
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第83回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-13
  • [Book] Olfactory and visual learning in cockroaches and crickets. Invertebrate learning and memory (ed. Menzel R, Benjamine PR.)2013

    • Author(s)
      Mizunami M, Matsumoto Y, Watanabe H, Nishino H
    • Total Pages
      549-560
    • Publisher
      Elsevier
  • [Book] ワモンゴキブリ、研究者が教える動物飼育『第2巻昆虫とクモの仲間』(針山孝彦・小柳光正・嬉正勝・妹尾圭司・小泉修・日本比較生理生化学会編集)2012

    • Author(s)
      渡辺英博
    • Total Pages
      43-47
    • Publisher
      共立出版
  • [Remarks] 渡 邉英博、ワモンゴキブリの嗅覚系、無脊 椎動物脳データベース

    • URL

      http://invbrain.neuroinf.jp/modules/htmldocs/IVBPF/Cockroach/Cockroach_antenna.html

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Published: 2015-07-16  

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