The effect of hyperosmotic treatment on the functioning of ampullary electroreceptor organs

Neuroscience

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1107-1115

  Heijmen, P S ^a,b   Boele, A ^a   Peters, R C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

apical membrane; electroreception; hair cell; repetitive activity; signal filtering; stimulus transduction

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORECEPTOR; HYPEROSMOLARITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029959977     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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