Effect of GABAergic inhibition on odorant concentration coding in mushroom body intrinsic neurons of the honeybee

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

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-195

  Froese, Anja ^a   Szyszka, Paul ^b   Menzel, Randolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ imaging; GABA receptors; Kenyon cells; OFF responses; Olfactory coding

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; DEXTRAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORO RUBY; FLUORO-RUBY; FURA 2; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; FURA-2-AM; RHODAMINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSHROOM BODY; ODOR; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEES; CALCIUM; DEXTRANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FURA-2; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MUSHROOM BODIES; ODORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RHODAMINES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84894318337     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0877-8     Document Type: Article

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