Activation of an anatomically distinct subpopulation of accessory olfactory bulb neurons by chemosensory stimulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1549-1556

  Dudley, C A ^a   Moss, R L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; C fos immunocytochemistry; Granule cell; Mitral cell; Periglomerular cell; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0032958088     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00711-8     Document Type: Article

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