Histological definition of the vomeronasal organ in humans and chimpanzees, with a comparison to other primates

Anatomical Record

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-176

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^c   Shimp, Kristin L ^a   Kinzinger, Jonathan H ^a   Bonar, Christopher J ^d   Burrows, Annie M ^b,e   Mooney, Mark P ^b   Siegel, Michael I ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

^e DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Mucins; Mucous glands; VNO; Vomeronasal complex

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; SCHIFF BASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MUCINS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; OTOLEMUR CRASSICAUDATUS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0036605708     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10095     Document Type: Article

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