Position-dependent sensitivity and density of taste receptors on the locust leg underlies behavioural effectiveness of chemosensory stimulation

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

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-289

  Gaaboub, Ibrahim ^a,b   Schuppe, Hansjürgen ^a   Newland, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Contact chemoreception; Grasshopper; Gustation; Insect; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HINDLIMB; MALE; NEURONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUCROSE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16444362042     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0582-8     Document Type: Article

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