Stop Signals Reduce Dopamine Levels and Dancing in Honeybees

A stop signaler is attacking waggle dancers. Credit: Dong Shihao

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of California San Diego have revealed that receiving an inhibitory signal (stop signal) associated with negative food conditions can decrease brain dopamine levels in dancing honeybees.

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