Central processing of pulsed pheromone signals by antennal lobe neurons in the Male moth agrotis segetum

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1113-1122

  Lei, H ^a   Hansson, B S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTH; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033016963     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1113     Document Type: Article

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