Ultrastructural characterisation of the olfactory mucosa of the armadillo Dasypus hybridus (Dasypodidae, Xenarthra)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-278

  Ferrari, C C ^a   Carmanchahi, P D ^a   Aldana Marcos, H J ^a,b   Affanni, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MORÓN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bowman's glands; Olfactory epithelium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ORGANELLE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; LYSOSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; CHAETOPHRACTUS VILLOSUS; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS HYBRIDUS; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034114380     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2000.19620269.x     Document Type: Article

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