Dose-dependent response characteristics of antennal lobe neurons in the male moth Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-476

  Hartlieb, E ^a   Anton, S ^a   Hansson, B S ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Electrophysiology; Moth; Olfaction; Stimulus amount

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS SEGETUM; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0030783882     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050130     Document Type: Article

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