Involvement of Gα olf-expressing neurons in the vomeronasal system of Bufo japonicus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3189-3201

  Hagino Yamagishi, Kimiko ^a   Nakazawa, Hideo ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Amphibians, lectin; G proteins; Projection; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BUFO JAPONICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; TOAD; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 80052802773     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22671     Document Type: Article

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