Diet-induced plasticity in the taste system of an insect: Localization to a single transduction pathway in an identified taste cell

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2091-2102

  Glendinning, John I ^a   Ensslen, Sonya ^a   Eisenberg, Michal E ^a   Weiskopf, Phoebe ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter sensitive taste cell; Caterpillar; Desensitization; Diet induced plasticity; Manduca sexta; Sphingidae; Taste

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; MANDUCA; TASTE;

EID: 0033178819     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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