Mixture interactions in moth olfactory physiology: Examining the effects of odorant mixture, concentration, distal stimulation, and antennal nerve transection on sensillar responses

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-108

  Hillier, N K ^a   Vickers, N J ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal nerve; Heliothis virescens; Mixture effects; Single sensillum recording

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPHAPSE; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTH; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78650386276     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq102     Document Type: Article

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