VIR and V2R segregated vomeronasal pathways to the hypothalamus

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1623-1626

  Mohedano Moriano, Alicia ^a   Pro Sistiaga, Palma ^a   Ubeda Bañon, Isabel ^a   De La Rosa Prieto, Carlos ^a   Saiz Sanchez, Daniel ^a   Martinez Marcos, Alino ^a,b  

^a University of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Amygdala; Pheromone; Stria terminalis; Vomeronasal receptor

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR; AMINE; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; RHODAMINE; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; EFFERENT NERVE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMINES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RHODAMINES; SEPTAL NUCLEI; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 55349127074     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328314b8d4     Document Type: Article

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