Quantitative analysis of sex-pheromone coding in the antennal lobe of the moth Agrotis ipsilon: A tool to study network plasticity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1191-1201

  Jarriault, David ^a   Gadenne, Christophe ^a   Hospars, Jean Pierre ^a   Anton, Sylvia ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Moth; Olfactory coding; Projection neuron; Sex pheromone; Spike train analysis

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOTH; NERVE CELL; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; STIMULATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

AGROTIS IPSILON; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 63849189788     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024166     Document Type: Article

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