Physiology and antennal lobe projections of olfactory receptor neurons from sexually isomorphic sensilla on male Heliothis virescens

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

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 649-663

  Hillier, N K ^a   Vickers, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Cobalt lysine staining; Heliothis virescens; Olfactory receptor neuron; Sensillum

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NERVE FIBER; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; PLANTS; SENSE ORGANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34249711272     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0220-3     Document Type: Article

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