Segregated pathways in the vomeronasal system

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 519-529

  Halpern, Mimi ^a   Jia, Changping ^a   Shapiro, Lena Shnayder ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Chemoarchitecture; G proteins; Lectins; NADPH diaphorase; Olfactory coding; Olfactory marker protein (OMP); Receptor cells; Receptors

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; ODORS;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; CHEMOARCHITECTURE; G PROTEIN; LECTIN; MARKER PROTEINS; NADPH-DIAPHORASE; OLFACTORY BULBS; OLFACTORY CODING; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR CELLS;

MAMMALS;

CARBOHYDRATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LECTIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CRICETINAE; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031879352     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980615)41:6<519::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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