Voltage-activated current properties of male and female mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons: Sexually dichotomous?

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 491-499

  Dean, D M ^a   Mazzatenta, A ^a   Menini, A ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BALB c; CBA; Sexual dichotomy; Voltage activated currents; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; ODOR; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 3442884265     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0513-8     Document Type: Article

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