Experience influences gustatory responsiveness to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the polyphagous caterpillar, Estigmene acrea

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

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 833-841

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effect of experience; Neural responsiveness pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 0347604417     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0461-8     Document Type: Article

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