Electrophysiological responses of rat olfactory tubercle neurons to biologically relevant odours

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-105

  Rampin, Olivier ^a,b   Bellier, Camille ^a,b   Maurin, Yves ^a,b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Food; Oestrus; Predator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FOX; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84855272209     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07940.x     Document Type: Article

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