A highly sensitive taste receptor cell for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the lateral galeal sensillum of a polyphagous caterpillar, Estigmene acraea

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

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 715-723

  Bernays, E A ^a   Chapman, R F ^a   Hartmann, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firing rate; Neural sensitivity; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Taste receptor; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LARVA; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE BUD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LARVA; MOTHS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 0036826641     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0345-3     Document Type: Article

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