Prenatal development of the mammalian vomeronasal organ

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 456-470

  Garrosa, Manuel ^a   Gayoso, Manuel J ^a   Esteban, Francisco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory; Jacobson; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

MICROCIRCULATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULARS; EMBRYONICS; JACOBSON; ONTOGENY; ORAL CAVITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS; VOMERONASAL ORGANS;

MAMMALS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EMBRYO; MAMMAL; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; GOES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031948104     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980615)41:6<456::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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