Learning performance and GABAergic pathway link to deformed wing virus in the mushroom bodies of naturally infected honey bees
S. Szymanski, D. Baracchi, A. S. Bowman, L. Dingle, F. Manfredini
This study finds that naturally infected honey bees with higher DWV loads show improved reversal learning, linked to increased GABAergic gene expression in mushroom bodies.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2023Animal Behavior & Cognition