Olfactory Receptors in the Mouse Septal Organ

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-452

  Kaluza, Jan F ^a   Gussing, Fredrik ^b   Bohm, Staffan ^b   Breer, Heinz ^a   Strotmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemosensory neuron; Expression zone; Main olfactory epithelium; Olfactory receptor; Septal organ

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OLFACTORY CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHEMORECEPTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NASAL SEPTUM; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

EID: 2342595906     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20083     Document Type: Article

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