Activation of locus coeruleus enhances the responses of olfactory bulb mitral cells to weak olfactory nerve input

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 6319-6329

  Jiang, Maorong ^a   Griff, Edwin R ^b   Ennis, Matthew ^c   Zimmer, Lee A ^c   Shipley, Michael T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

locus coeruleus; monoamine; nasal epithelium; norepinephrine; odor; olfaction; olfactory bulb; sensory synapse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; METHOXYFLURANE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MITRAL CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029832306     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-19-06319.1996     Document Type: Article

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