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Curr Opin Neurobiol

Title:		Discrimination of pheromonal cues in fish: emerging parallels with insects
Author(s):		Sorensen PW; Christensen TA; Stacey NE;
Address:		"Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St Paul 55108, USA. PWS@fw.umn.edu"
Journal Title:		Curr Opin Neurobiol
Year:		1998
Volume:		8
Issue:		4
Page Number:		458 - 467
DOI:		10.1016/s0959-4388(98)80032-9
ISSN/ISBN:		0959-4388 (Print) 0959-4388 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Many fish species employ hormonal products as sex pheromones, and these cues are often mixtures that are released with a temporal pattern. This behavior is strikingly similar to that of insects, as moths use precise blends of odorants as sex pheromones and are skillful at tracking them in spite of changes in odor intensity associated with aerial dispersal. New studies in both groups of animals suggest many parallels in the functional anatomy of olfactory pathways and the organization of information-coding circuits"
Keywords:		"Animals Central Nervous System/physiology *Cues Discrimination, Psychological/*physiology Fishes/*physiology Insecta/*physiology Peripheral Nervous System/physiology Sex Attractants/*physiology Species Specificity;"
Notes:		"MedlineSorensen, P W Christensen, T A Stacey, N E eng DC-02751/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review England 1998/09/30 Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1998 Aug; 8(4):458-67. doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(98)80032-9"