The coding of odour-intensity in the honeybee antennal lobe: Local computation optimizes odour representation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2119-2132

  Sachse, Silke ^a,b   Galizia, C Giovanni ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Calcium sensitive dye; Odour processing; Olfactory projection neurons; Optical recording

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; HONEYBEE; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BEES; CALCIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEXANOLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL INHIBITION; OCTANOLS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 1642325012     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02931.x     Document Type: Article

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