Selectivity of Odorant Receptors in Insects

Insect olfactory receptors (ORs) detect chemicals, shape neuronal physiology and regulate behavior.  Although ORs have been categorized as generalists and specialists based on their ligand spectrum, both electrophysiological studies and recent pharmacological investigations show that ORs sp...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Daniel Bohbot, Joseph Clifton Dickens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2012.00029/full