Temporal tuning of odor responses in pheromone-responsive projection neurons in the brain of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Heinbockel, Thomas ^a,b   Christensen, Thomas A ^a   Hildebrand, John G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deutocerebrum; Glomerulus; Insect; Pheromone; Temporal tuning

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MALE; MANDUCA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ODORS; PHEROMONES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033591675     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990621)409:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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