Learning the way to blood: First evidence of dual olfactory conditioning in a bloodsucking insect, Rhodnius prolixus. I. Appetitive learning

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3032-3038

  Vinauger, Clément ^a   Buratti, Laura ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Chagas disease; Haematophagous; Host seeking; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEARNING; OLFACTORY BULB; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEARNING; OLFACTORY BULB; ORIENTATION; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 80052229068     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.056697     Document Type: Article

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