Heterogeneity of voltage- and chemosignal-activated response profiles in vomeronasal sensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2535-2548

  Labra, Antonieta ^a   Brann, Jessica H ^a   Fadool, Debra A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSIGNAL ACTIVATED RESPONSE; CHILE; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS BELLII; LIOLAEMUS NIGROVIRIDIS; LIZARD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SKIN; UNITED STATES; VOLTAGE CLAMP; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CHEMORECEPTORS; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ODORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SEX FACTORS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 24944521494     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00490.2005     Document Type: Article

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