Paradoxical contribution of SK3 and GIRK channels to the activation of mouse vomeronasal organ

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1236-1244

  Kim, Sangseong ^a   Ma, Limei ^a   Jensen, Kristi L ^a   Kim, Michelle M ^b   Bond, Chris T ^c   Adelman, John P ^c   Yu, C Ron ^a,d  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL 3; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUCUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84866083470     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3173     Document Type: Article

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