Plant odour stimuli reshape pheromonal representation in neurons of the antennal lobe macroglomerular complex of a male moth

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1670-1680

  Chaffiol, Antoine ^a   Kropf, Jan ^b   Barrozo, Romina B ^c   Gadenne, Christophe ^d   Rospars, Jean Pierre ^a   Anton, Sylvia ^d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Extracellular recording; Intracellular recording; Mixture interaction; Odour pulse; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PLANTS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

AGROTIS IPSILON; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84858024391     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066662     Document Type: Article

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