Sexual circuitry in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 18-26

  Auer, Thomas O ^a   Benton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MOJAVENSIS; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA SUZUKII; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; FRU GENE; GENE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84956666728     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.01.004     Document Type: Review

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