Innate recognition of pheromone and food odors in moths: a common mechanism in the antennal lobe?

The survival of an animal often depends on an innate response to a particular sensory stimulus. For an adult male moth, two categories of odors are innately attractive: pheromone released by conspecific females, and the floral scents of certain, often co-evolved, plants. These odors consist of multi...

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Main Authors: Joshua P Martin, John G Hildebrand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00159/full