Laminar distribution of pheromone-receptive neurons in rat vomeronasal epithelium

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 517, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 731-739

  Inamura, Kouhei ^a   Matsumoto, Yuko ^a   Kashiwayanagi, Makoto ^a   Kurihara, Kenzo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOSE MUCOSA; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; URINARY EXCRETION; VOMERONASAL EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NASAL MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033564440     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0731s.x     Document Type: Article

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