Sensitivity of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Culicidae) labral apical chemoreceptors to blood plasma components

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 485-491

  Werner Reiss, Uri ^a   Galun, Rachael ^a   Crnjar, Roberto ^b   Liscia, Anna ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Blood plasma components; Electrophysiology; Labral apical chemoreceptors; Tip recording

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE;

EID: 0032958728     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00151-6     Document Type: Article

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