Sensitivity and specificity of the olfactory epithelia of two elasmobranch species to bile salts

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2660-2667

  Meredith, Tricia L ^a,c   Caprio, John ^b   Kajiura, Stephen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile salt; Electro olfactogram; EOG; Olfaction; Olfactory epithelium; Olfactory receptor neuron; ORN

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BILE ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASMOBRANCH; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEMALE; MALE; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863887550     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066241     Document Type: Article

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