Maxillary palps can mediate taste rejection of plant allelochemicals by caterpillars

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

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-43

  Glendinning, J I ^a,c   Valcic, S ^b   Timmermann, B N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar Plant resin; Feeding behavior; Maxillary palp; Taste receptor cell

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR; DIET; EATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEPIDOPTERA; MECHANORECEPTOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TASTE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; DIET; EATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MANDUCA; MECHANORECEPTORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PLANTS; TASTE;

EID: 0032125425     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050232     Document Type: Article

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