Electrophysiological responses of taste cells to nutrient mixtures in the polyphagous caterpillar of grammia geneura

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

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-213

  Bernays, E A ^a   Chapman, R F ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Chemoreception; Peripheral inhibition; Styloconic sensilla

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMORECEPTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA; GRAMMIA; GRAMMIA GENEURA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0035016733     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100191     Document Type: Article

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