Morphological characteristics of the vomeronasal organ of the newborn Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 252-259

  Johnson, Edward W ^a   Rasmussen, Lel ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flehmen; Mucosal glands; Nonsensory epithelium; Receptor neurons; Sensory epithelium; Vomeronasal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ELEPHANT; HISTOLOGY; MUCUS GLAND; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; MALE; MUCOSA; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELEPHANTS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMALS;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0036629232     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10112     Document Type: Review

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