Electrical signaling in the olfactory bulb

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 476-481

  Lowe, Graeme ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MITRAL CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0042379576     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00092-8     Document Type: Review

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