Characterization of the antennal olfactory system of the bed bug (Cimex lectularius)

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-204

  Harraca, Vincent ^a,b   Ignell, Rickard ^b   Löfstedt, Christer ^a   Ryne, Camilla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregation cues; Chemoreception; Electrophysiology; Host cues; Olfactory receptor neurons; Single sensillum recording

Indexed keywords

2 HEXENAL; 2 OCTENAL; AMMONIA; BUTYRIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DIMETHYL TRISULFIDE; INDOLE; PINENE; SULCATONE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CIMEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPIKE WAVE; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SMELL;

EID: 77950615156     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp096     Document Type: Article

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