Olfactory coding in antennal neurons of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 845-863

  Qiu, Yu Tong ^a   van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Takken, Willem ^a   Meijerink, Jocelijn ^a   Smid, Hans M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Human odor; Olfaction; ORN; Receptor neuron; Single sensillum recording

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LACTIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; EATING; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; UP-REGULATION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33751013749     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjl027     Document Type: Article

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