A cellular mechanism for main and accessory olfactory integration at the medial amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2083-2085

  Guthman, Ethan M ^a   Vera, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COENZYME A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AIRFLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SNIFFING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ZONA INCERTA; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CORTICOMEDIAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; DENDRITES; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB;

EID: 84958817191     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4304-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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