Parallel olfactory systems in insects: Anatomy and function

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2010, Pages 399-420

  Galizia, C Giovanni ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal lobes; Mushroom bodies; Neuroanatomy; Olfactory coding; Olfactory glomeruli; Olfactory tracts

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 77449155802     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085442     Document Type: Review

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