Temporal resolution in olfaction III: Flicker fusion and concentration-dependent synchronization with stimulus pulse trains of antennular chemoreceptor cells in the American lobster

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

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 427-436

  Gomez, G ^a,b   Voigt, R ^b   Atema, J ^b  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Electrophysiology; Invertebrate; Olfaction; Sensory filters

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032722806     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050403     Document Type: Article

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