Osmotic and thermal control of magnocellular neurosecretory neurons - role of an N-terminal variant of trpv1

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2022-2030

  Sudbury, Jessica R ^a   Ciura, Sorana ^a   Sharif Naeini, Reza ^b   Bourque, Charles W ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Mouse; Osmoregulation; Rat; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VASOPRESSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMORECEPTOR; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THERMORECEPTOR; THERMOREGULATION; TRPV1 GENE; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TEMPERATURE; TRPV CATION CHANNELS; VASOPRESSINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 78649997366     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07512.x     Document Type: Article

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