Antennal lobe interneurons in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal): Processing of aggregation pheromones in adult males and females

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-96

  Anton, Sylvia ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

deutocerebrum; electrophysiology; insect; morphology; olfaction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0029899782     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960617)370:1<85::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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