Tarsal taste neuron activity and proboscis extension reflex in response to sugars and amino acids in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2889-2895

  Zhang, Yun Feng ^a   Van Loon, Joop J A ^b   Wang, Chen Zhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Contact chemosensilla; Electrophysiological responses; Feeding behaviour; Sugar; Tarsomere

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; TASTE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; DRUG EFFECTS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; REFLEX; TASTE;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA;

EID: 77955617892     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042705     Document Type: Article

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