Synchronous firing of antennal-lobe projection neurons encodes the behaviorally effective ratio of sex-pheromone components in male Manduca sexta

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

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 963-979

  Martin, Joshua P ^a   Lei, Hong ^b   Riffell, Jeffrey A ^c   Hildebrand, John G ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomerulus; Neural coding; Neural synchrony; Olfaction; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; MANDUCA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL;

EID: 84885950545     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0849-z     Document Type: Article

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