The correlation between tick (Ixodes persulcatus Sch.) questing behaviour and synganglion neuronal responses to odours

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 903-910

  Romashchenko, A V ^a,b   Ratushnyak, A S ^b   Zapara, T A ^b   Tkachev, S E ^b   Moshkin, M P ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Borrelia; Electrophysiology; Synganglion; Tick

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CORRELATION; NEUROLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPELLENT; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BORRELIA; IXODES; NEURONS; ODORS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA SP.; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84862880864     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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