Temporal resolution of general odor pulses by olfactory sensory neurons in American cockroaches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1809-1819

  Lemon, William C ^a   Getz, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Insect; Olfaction; Periplaneta americana; Sensory coding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030742753     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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