Arrangement of output information from the 3 macroglomerular units in the heliothine moth Helicoverpa assulta: Morphological and physiological features of male-specific projection neurons

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-521

  Zhao, Xin Cheng ^a   Berg, Bente G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioral antagonist; Evolutionary perspective; Insect pheromone; Intracellular recordings; Odor coding; The oriental tobacco budworm moth

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTHS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES;

HELICOVERPA ASSULTA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77954209304     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq043     Document Type: Article

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