Signaling mechanisms and behavioral function of the mouse Basal vomeronasal neuroepithelium

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Pérez Gómez, Anabel ^a   Stein, Benjamin ^a   Leinders Zufall, Trese ^a   Chamero, Pablo ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; G o signaling; Olfaction; Peptides; Pheromone; V2R; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; EXOCRINE GLAND SECRETING PEPTIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MAJOR URINARY PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; LORDOSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATING; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84927752830     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00135     Document Type: Article

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