How smell develops

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 11s, 2001, Pages 1192-1198

  Mombaerts, Peter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

EID: 0035512647     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn751     Document Type: Review

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