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. 2015 Nov 25;9:58. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00058

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Fundamental differences between olfaction and contact chemoreception in insects. Although taste and olfactory sensilla have similar cellular compositions, the wiring of the neurons to the central nervous system and the number of different receptors expressed in each neuron is very different. These differences certainly impact the discriminative power and the speed at which information is processed.