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Microplastics reach the brain and interfere with honey bee cognition

Figshare 2023
David Baracchi

Summary

Researchers found that polystyrene and plexiglass microplastics can reach the brains of honey bees and disrupt their cognitive function, impairing sucrose responsiveness and appetitive olfactory learning and memory at environmentally relevant concentrations.

Polymers
PMMA PS
Body Systems
Nervous

Behavioural dataset from the paper " Pasquini et al. Microplastics reach the brain and interfere with honey bee cognition were the effects of polystyrene (PS), plexiglass (PMMA) MPs, and a combination of the two, at three evaluated concentrations (0.5, 5 and 50 mg/L-1) on sucrose responsiveness and appetitive olfactory learning and memory.

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