Physiology and glomerular projections of olfactory receptor neurons on the antenna of female Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) responsive to behaviorally relevant odors

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

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-219

  Hillier, N K ^a   Kleineidam, C ^b   Vickers, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Biozentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Cobalt lysine staining; Olfaction; Receptor neuron; Sensillum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LEPIDOPTERA; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 31144477850     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0061-x     Document Type: Article

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