Transformation of Olfactory Representations in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5656, 2004, Pages 366-370

  Wilson, Rachel I ^a   Turner, Glenn C ^a   Laurent, Gilles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; NEUROLOGY;

ODOR RESPONSES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

GENETICS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GLOMERULUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SENSE ORGANS; SMELL; SYNAPSES;

ARACHNIDA; GLOMERULUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0345742615     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1090782     Document Type: Article

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