Physiological and morphological characterization of olfactory descending interneurons of the male silkworm moth, Bombyx mori

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

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-160

  Mishima, T ^a   Kanzaki, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Descending interneuron; Flipflop; Moth; Olfactory processing; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033022269     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050314     Document Type: Article

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