A comparison of the Eimer's organs of three north american moles: The hairy‐tailed mole (Parascalops breweri), the star‐nosed mole (Condylura cristata), and the eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 150-160

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermis; insectivore; mechanoreceptor; Merkel cell; Talpidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FACE; KERATINOCYTE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLES; NOSE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028938433     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.903540110     Document Type: Article

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