Combinatorial odor discrimination in the brain: Attractive and antagonist odor blends are represented in distinct combinations of uniquely identifiable glomeruli

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-56

  Vickers, Neil J ^a   Christensen, Thomas A ^a   Hildebrand, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Insect; Odor coding; Projection neurons; Sensory maps

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLIGHT; INNERVATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032511753     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981012)400:1<35::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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