High convergence of olfactory and vomeronasal influence in the telencephalon of the terrestrial salamander Plethodon shermani

Neuroscience

Volumn 177, Issue , 2011, Pages 148-158

  Roth, F C ^a   Laberge, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Evoked potential; In vitro brain preparation; Intracellular recording; Olfaction; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SMELLING; TELENCEPHALON; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SMELL; TELENCEPHALON; URODELA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 79952008708     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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