Stimulus-response functions of single avian olfactory bulb neurones

Brain Research

Volumn 953, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 101-111

  McKeegan, Dorothy E F ^a   Demmers, Theodorus G M ^b   Wathes, Christopher M ^b   Bryan Jones, R ^a   Gentle, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Gallus domesticus; Olfaction; Single unit; Stimulus response function

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS; HEN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0037145691     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03275-4     Document Type: Article

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