Temporal resolution in olfaction: Stimulus integration time of lobster chemoreceptor cells

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1771-1779

  Gomez, George ^a,b   Atema, Jelle ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chemoreception; crustacean; electrophysiology; filter properties; Homarus americanus; lobster; olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029760588     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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