Pheromone detection by mammalian vomeronasal neurons

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-260

  Zufall, Frank ^a   Kelliher, Kevin R ^a   Leinders Zufall, Trese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal Ca2+ imaging; Pheromone discrimination; Receptor maps; VNO signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMALS; NEURONS;

CA 2+; CHEMICAL STIMULI; CONFOCAL CA2+ IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGING METHOD; PHEROMONE DISCRIMINATION; RECEPTOR MAP; SENSORY NEURONS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGANS;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; STIMULATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0036668332     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10152     Document Type: Article

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