Sleep in honeybees [Elektronische Ressource] : searching for a role of sleep in memory consolidation / by Elisabeth Maria Beyaert geb. Bogusch

Sleep in Honeybees – Searching for a role of sleep in memory consolidation InauguralDissertation to obtain the academic degree Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) submitted to the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy of Freie Universität Berlin by Elisabeth Maria Beyaert geb. Bogusch from Winsen(Luhe) September 2010 Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde in dem Zeitraum von Mai 2006 bis September 2010 unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel am Institut für Neurobiologie angefertigt. “‘Hardeyed’ creatures and insects manifestly assume the posture of sleep; but the sleep of all such creatures is of brief duration, so that often it might well baffle one’s observation to decide whether they sleep or not.” (Aristoteles, On Sleep and Sleeplessness 350 BC) 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dorothea Eisenhardt 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel Disputation am 2.12.2010 Contents 1. Introduction............................................................................1 1.1 The history of sleep research……………………………………………………………..1 1.2 Sleep and memory……………………………………………………………………………5 1.3 Sleep in insects………………………………………………………………………………..6 1.4 Studying learning and memory in the honeybee………………………………….9 1.5 Aim of this work………………………………………………………………………………12 2. Material and Methods…………………………………………………14 2.1 Sleep deprivation and olfactory memory……………………………………………14 2.