γ-Aminobutyric acid receptor A-mediated inhibition in the honeybee's antennal lobe is necessary for the formation of configural olfactory percepts

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1718-1724

  Choudhary, Amir F ^a   Laycock, Ian ^a   Wright, Geraldine A ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid receptor A; Antennal lobe; Configural stimulus; Gestalt; Honeybee; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; HONEYBEE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SMELL;

EID: 84861898460     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08090.x     Document Type: Article

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