Central nervous processing of behaviourally relevant odours in solitary and gregarious fifth instar locusts, Schistocerca gregaria

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

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-465

  Ignell, R ^a   Anton, S ^a   Hansson, B S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deutocerebrum; Electrophysiology; Olfaction Locust; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031766933     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050271     Document Type: Article

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