Lectin histochemical study on the olfactory organ of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, revealed heterogeneous mucous environments in a single nasal cavity

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 349-356

  Saito, Shouichiro ^a   Matsui, Toshiyasu ^b   Kobayashi, Naoto ^a   Wakisaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Mominoki, Katsumi ^a   Matsuda, Seiji ^a   Taniguchi, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycoconjugates; Lectin; Nasal gland; Olfactory epithelium; Vomeronasal epithelium

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA RIVULARIS;

EID: 0037907572     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0306-1     Document Type: Article

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