Encoding pheromonal signals in the mammalian vomeronasal system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 428-434

  Luo, Minmin ^a   Katz, Lawrence C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PHEROMONE;

GENETIC CODE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 4043136537     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.07.001     Document Type: Review

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