Projections of male-specific receptor neurons in the antennal lobe of the oriental tobacco budworm moth, Helicoverpa assulta: A unique glomerular organization among related species

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 486, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-220

  Berg, Bente G ^a   Almaas, Tor Jørgen ^a   Bjaalie, Jan G ^b   Mustaparta, Hanna ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anatomical reconstruction; Electrophysiology; Heliothine moths; Macroglomerular complex; Pheromones; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

COBALT; HEXADECANOL; LYSINE; PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTH; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MOTHS; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; SENSE ORGANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17844400288     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20544     Document Type: Article

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