Elemental and configural olfactory coding by antennal lobe neurons of the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-171

  Meyer, Anneke ^a   Galizia, C Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroantennogram; Hetero glomerular local interneuron; Intracellular recording; Mixture interaction; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BEE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEES; FEMALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SMELL;

EID: 84856219697     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0696-8     Document Type: Article

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