New structure, the 'olfactory pit,' in human olfactory mucosa

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-453

  Feng, Wen Hui ^a   Kauer, John S ^a   Adelman, Lester ^b   Talamo, Barbara R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; immunocytochemistry; neurofilament; olfactory sensory neuron; tubulin

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031050957     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970224)378:4<443::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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