Electrophysiological and biochemical responses of mouse vomeronasal receptor cells to urine-derived compounds: Possible mechanism of action

Chemical Senses

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-489

  Moss, Robert L ^a,c   Flynn, Robert E ^a   Shi, Jiming ^a   Shen, Xin Ming ^a   Dudley, Carol ^a   Zhou, Anwu ^a   Novotny, Milos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREVICOMIN; CYCLIC AMP; ION CHANNEL; PHEROMONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED RESPONSE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031843264     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/23.4.483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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