Tuning breadth and sex-specific sensitivity in chemosensory neurons of male and female Uca pugnax

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

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-238

  Weissburg, M J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustaceans; Feeding behavior; Fiddler crabs; Mixtures; Single compounds

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; CARBOHYDRATE; LIPOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHEMORECEPTOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BRACHYURA; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SEX FACTORS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA PUGNAX; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0033197826     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050382     Document Type: Article

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