Email alison.mercer@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Publications:
Professor Mercer's publications are available here
Teaching:
- Brain and behaviour: how nervous systems work
- Sensory systems: remarkable specializations for survival
- The neurobiology of behaviour
- Learning and memory
Research Interests:
- The brain and behaviour of honey bees
- The modulatory role of biogenic amines and their contribution to the regulation of neuronal development
- Olfaction and the central processing of olfactory information
- Learning and memory
Current Projects:
- Characterization of dopamine receptors in the brain of the honey bee
- Biogenic amine modulation of central olfactory neurons in the insect brain
- Queen retinue pheromone: royal manipulation of worker bee brain and behaviour
- Development of the olfactory pathways in the brain of the honey bee
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