Preputial gland activates olfactory receptor neurons in rat: Calcium imaging study using laser scanning confocal microscopy

Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-246

  Ponmanickam, Ponnirul ^a,b   Archunan, Govindaraju ^a   Achiraman, Shanmugam ^a   Sankar, Ramaiyan ^a,c   Saito, Toshiyuki ^d   Habara, Yoshiaki ^e  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Main olfactory system; Olfactory receptor neurons; Pheromone; Preputial gland; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84924236225     PISSN: 03011208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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