Insect neurobiology: Chemosensation, Learning and Memory
In our laboratory we are studying how chemosensory information from the olfactory and gustatory system is detected, learning and stored in the nervous system of insects. By morphological and physiological characterisation of receptor and central interneurons as well as 3-D reconstructions of the neurones and the innervated brain and ganglia structure, we are searching for the involved neuronal networks. As model organisms we use different pest insects like related species of polyphagous and oligophagous heliothine moths, the cabbage moth and species of weevils.
