Differential parallel processing of olfactory information in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L.

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 359-370

  Muller D ^a   Abel, R ^a   Brandt, R ^a   Zockler M ^a   Menzel, R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insect; Intracellular recordings; Olfaction; Projection neurons; Spatial temporal coding

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NERVE CELL; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEES; NEURONS; ODORS; REACTION TIME; SMELL;

EID: 0036628423     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0310-1     Document Type: Article

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