Taste reception mechanisms in the blowfly: Evidence of amiloride-sensitive and insensitive receptor sites

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 875-879

  Liscia, A ^a   Solari, P ^a   Majone, R ^a   Barbarossa, I Tomassini ^a   Crnjar, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amiloride; Blowfly; Chemoreception; Salt; Sugar

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; FRUCTOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE;

EID: 0030804156     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00257-6     Document Type: Article

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