The effect of ammonia on olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ neuroepithelium of rabbits. A histological and histochemical study

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Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-91

  Gaafar, H ^a   Tantawy, A ^a   Hamza, M ^a   Shaaban, M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure to ammonia; Histochemical changes; Neuroepithelium of the vomeronasal organ; Olfactory epithelium of rabbits

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; VAPOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; RABBITS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031910999     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027571     Document Type: Article

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