Sensory biology: How the nose knows

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages R226-R228

  Chao, Michael Y ^a   Hart, Anne C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NOSE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; NOSE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 0037452923     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00156-8     Document Type: Review

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