PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ettore Tiraboschi
AU  - Luana Leonardelli
AU  - Gianluca Segata
AU  - Elisa Rigosi
AU  - Albrecht Haase
TI  - Parallel processing of olfactory and mechanosensory information in the honeybee antennal lobe
AID  - 10.1101/2021.05.11.443598
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2021.05.11.443598
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/05/13/2021.05.11.443598.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/05/13/2021.05.11.443598.full
AB  - We report that airflow produces a complex activation pattern in the antennal lobes of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Glomerular response maps provide a stereotypical code for the intensity and the dynamics of mechanical stimuli that is superimposed on the olfactory code. We show responses to modulated stimuli suggesting that this combinatorial code could provide information about the intensity, direction, and dynamics of the airflow during flight and waggle dance communication.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.