Whole-cell recording from honeybee olfactory receptor neurons: Ionic currents, membrane excitability and odourant response in developing workerbee and drone

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1139-1152

  Laurent, Stéphanie ^a   Masson, Claudine ^a   Jakob, Ingrid ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Gender specific heterogeneity; Potassium currents; Primary cell culture; Sodium currents

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; ION; POTASSIUM; QUINIDINE; SODIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY; GENDER; HONEYBEE; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; ION CHANNELS; LARVA; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL;

EID: 18744416922     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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