Disruption of GABAA in the insect antennal lobe generally increases odor detection and discrimination thresholds

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-281

  Mwilaria, Esther K ^a   Ghatak, Chitrita ^a   Daly, Kevin C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Detection threshold; Discrimination threshold; GABA; Manduca sexta; Odor encoding; Olfactory bulb

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; PICROTOXIN; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MANDUCA SEXTA; MOTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEPIDOPTERA; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MANDUCA; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 41049107877     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm085     Document Type: Article

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