Representation and transformation of sensory information in the mouse accessory olfactory system

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 723-730

  Meeks, Julian P ^a   Arnson, Hannah A ^a,b   Holy, Timothy E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LIGAND;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; MITRAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULUS; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUES; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEROIDS; SULFATES; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 77952884025     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2546     Document Type: Article

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