Snake infrared receptors respond to dimethylsulfoxide in the blood stream

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 749-756

  Moon, Changjong ^a,b   Terashima, Shin Ichi ^a,c   Yasuzumi, Fumioki ^a   Shin, Taekyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crotaline snake; Thermoreceptor; Trigeminal ganglion neuron

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMORECEPTOR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLD; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; HEAT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; THERMORECEPTORS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIMERESURUS;

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS;

EID: 12944336564     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-004-6916-9     Document Type: Article

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