Cascades of response vectors of olfactory receptor neurons in Xenopus laevis tadpoles

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2111-2123

  Schild, Detlev ^a   Manzini, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Calcium imaging; Mucosa slice; Olfactory receptor neuron selectivity; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENETIC VECTORS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4944246887     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03672.x     Document Type: Article

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