Hunger is the best spice: Effects of starvation in the antennal responses of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-13

  Reisenman, Carolina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroantennogram; Modulation; Olfaction; Rhodnius prolixus; Starvation; Triatomine

Indexed keywords

RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS; SMELLING;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RHODNIUS;

EID: 84908327751     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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