Two pairs of tentacles and a pair of procerebra: Optimized functions and redundant structures in the sensory and central organs involved in olfactory learning of terrestrial pulmonates

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 879-886

  Matsuo, Ryota ^a   Kobayashi, Suguru ^a   Yamagishi, Miki ^a   Ito, Etsuro ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Learning; Olfaction; Procerebrum; Pulmonate; Tentacle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; GASTROPOD; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; GASTROPODA; LEARNING; SENSE ORGANS; SMELL;

EID: 79951985451     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024562     Document Type: Review

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