Vomeronasal organ and its associated structures in the opossum Monodelphis domestica

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 500-510

  Poran, Naomie S ^a  

^a SemioChem Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Neurosensory epithelium; Nuzzling; Papillae; Smooth muscle; Vomeronasal complex; Vomeronasal gland

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

CHEMICAL STIMULI; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; NEUROSENSORY EPITHELIUM; NUZZLING; PAPILLA; SMOOTH MUSCLES; TRANSITION ZONES; VOMERONASAL COMPLEX; VOMERONASAL GLAND; VOMERONASAL ORGANS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032535045     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981215)43:6<500::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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