Innervation of blood vessels in the vomeronasal complex of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 811, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-56

  Cantó Soler, María Valeria ^a   Suburo, Angela María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Nasopalatine nerve; Neuropeptide; Nitric oxide synthase; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SINUS VENOSUS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0032539069     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00923-8     Document Type: Article

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