Ultrastructure of the olfactory organ in the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, during larval development and metamorphosis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 398, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-288

  Hansen, Anne ^a   Reiss, John O ^b,c   Gentry, Cynthia L ^b,d   Burd, Gail D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Chemosensory; Ontogeny; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032563738     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980824)398:2<273::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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