Blockage of urinary responses by inhibitors for IP3-mediated pathway in rat vomeronasal sensory neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 129-132

  Inamura, Kouhei ^a   Kashiwayanagi, Makoto ^a   Kurihara, Kenzo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibitors; Inositol l,4,5 trisphosphate; Pheromone; Rat; Urine; Vomeronasal sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; NEOMYCIN; PHEROMONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C INHIBITOR; RUTHENIUM RED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRENES; FEMALE; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MALE; NEOMYCIN; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUTHENIUM RED; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0343488553     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00655-1     Document Type: Article

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