Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 12, 2523-2531, Copyright © 1992 by Society for Neuroscience
Olfactory receptor neurons from antennae of developing male Manduca sexta respond to components of the species-specific sex pheromone in vitro
M Stengl, F Zufall, H Hatt and JG Hildebrand
Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
Male-specific olfactory receptor neurons, dissociated from developing
antennae of the moth Manduca sexta and grown in long-term primary cell
culture, can respond to at least one component of the female moth's sex-
pheromone blend with the opening of a nonspecific cation channel. This
response does not require the coapplication of pheromone-binding protein.