Extracellular pH regulates excitability of vomeronasal sensory neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4025-4039

  Cichy, Annika ^a   Ackels, Tobias ^a   Tsitoura, Chryssanthi ^a   Kahan, Anat ^b   Gronloh, Nina ^a   Sochtig, Melanie ^c   Engelhardt, Corinna H ^a   Ben Shaul, Yoram ^b   Muller, Frank ^c   Spehr, Jennifer ^a   Spehr, Xmarc ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

HCN; Ion channel; Signaling; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRACHEOTOMY; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; VOMERONASAL SENSORY NEURON; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ESTRUS; GENETICS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C; TRPC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLFACTORY BULB; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84924778363     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2593-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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