Olfactory learning and behaviour are 'insulated' against visual processing in larval Drosophila

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

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1133-1145

  Yarali, Ayse ^a   Hendel, Thomas ^a,b   Gerber, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila larva; Gustation; Learning; Olfaction; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749256682     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0140-7     Document Type: Article

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