Olfaction in dragonflies: Electrophysiological evidence

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 270-277

  Rebora, Manuela ^a   Salerno, Gianandrea ^b   Piersanti, Silvana ^a   Dell'Otto, Alessandro ^a   Gaino, Elda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Chemoreception; Coeloconic sensilla; Electroantennogram; Odonata; Single cell recordings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTENNA; BIOASSAY; CHEMORECEPTION; DRAGONFLY; ODOR; OLFACTION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SMELL;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; LADONA DEPRESSA; LIBELLULIDAE; NEOPTERA; ODONATA; PALAEOPTERA;

EID: 84855550322     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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