Activity in neurons of a putative protocerebral circuit representing information about a ten component plant odour blend in Heliothis virescens

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG 2012, 2012, Pages 1-32

  Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye ^a   Kvello, Pål ^a,b   Kirkerud, Nicholas ^a,c   Mustaparta, Hanna ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenno protocerebral tracts; Descending neuron and odor mixture; Insect olfaction; Lateral; Protocerebral neurons; Protocerebrum; Superior protocerebrum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANTENNO PROTOCEREBRAL TRACT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LATERAL PROTOCEREBRUM; MEAN DEVIATION FROM SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY; MEAN RESPONSE FREQUENCY; MOTH; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PLANT; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUPERIOR PROTOCEREBRUM;

EID: 84865955806     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2012.00064     Document Type: Article

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