ORAL INSECT REPELLENTS - INSECT TASTE RECEPTORS AND THEIR ACTION,

Abstract

The comparative study of the antennal chemoreceptors in the Culex pipiens complex showed that there is a progressive reduction in the numbers of long pointed receptors (Al) from fatigans (anthropophilic) through pipiens (ornithophilic) to molestus (autogenous). An electrophysiological investigation was made of the distal labral receptors of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The work consisted mainly of developing a technique for stimulating these receptors and recording the resulting electrical phenomena.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655928

Entities

People

  • Brian Hocking

Organizations

  • University of Alberta

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Insect Repellents
  • Musculoskeletal And Neural Physiology
  • Nervous System Physiology
  • Physiology
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychophysiology
  • Sensation
  • Taste

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