Response of American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) olfactory receptors to selected alcohol odorants and their binary combinations

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 701-709

  Getz, Wayne M ^a   Akers, R Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Department of Pesticide Regulation   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixture perception; Odor discrimination; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030947429     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050084     Document Type: Article

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