Supporting tissue and vasculature of the mammalian vomeronasal organ: The rat as a model

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 492-505

  Salazar, Ignacio ^a   Quinteiro, Pablo Sánchez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rat; Vomeronasal capsule; Vomeronasal vessels

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; CAPILLARITY; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICRODISSECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARALDITES; BLOOD SUPPLY; CAPILLARY VESSEL; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; VASCULAR SYSTEM; VASCULATURE; VOMERONASAL CAPSULE; VOMERONASAL ORGANS; VOMERONASAL VESSEL;

RATS;

AGAR; GELATIN; INDIAN INK;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031903264     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980615)41:6<492::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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