Unusual response characteristics of pheromone-specific olfactory receptor neurons in the Asian corn borer moth, Ostrinia furnacalis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4946-4956

  Takanashi, Takuma ^a,b,e   Ishikawa, Yukio ^b   Anderson, Peter ^a   Huang, Yongping ^c   Löfstedt, Christer ^d   Tatsuki, Sadahiro ^b   Hansson, Bill S ^a,f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral antagonist; Electron microscopy; Electrophysiology; Field trapping; Olfaction; Ostrinia nubilalis; Sex pheromone communication; Single sensillum recording

Indexed keywords

12 TETRADECEN 1 OL ACETATE; 12-TETRADECEN-1-OL ACETATE; FATTY ALCOHOL; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOTH; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 33846527135     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02587     Document Type: Article

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