Response of the hammerhead shark olfactory epithelium to amino acid stimuli

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

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 947-954

  Tricas, Timothy C ^a   Kajiura, Stephen M ^b   Summers, Adam P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Chemoreception; EOG; Hammerhead shark; Olfactory epithelium

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SHARK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ODORS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SHARKS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 70349901355     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0470-3     Document Type: Article

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