Olfactory discrimination of structurally similar alcohols by cockroaches

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

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 787-797

  Sakura, M ^a   Okada, R ^a   Mizunami, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Insect; Mixture perception; Olfactory discrimination; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

1-HEXANOL; 2 HEXANOL; 2-HEXANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; HEXANOL; N-PENTANOL; OCTANOL; PENTANOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG EFFECT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY;

1-OCTANOL; ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEXANOLS; MALE; ODORS; PENTANOLS; PERIPLANETA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 0036881262     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0366-y     Document Type: Article

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