How do inositol and glucose modulate feeding in Manduca sexta caterpillars?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1299-1315

  Glendinning, John I ^a   Nelson, Nancy M ^b   Bernays, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Feeding; Glucose; Manduca sexta; Myo inositol; Sugar alcohol; Taste cell

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; GLUCOSE; INOSITOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAFFEINE; EATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; INOSITOL; LARVA; MANDUCA; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0034078666     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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