The human vomeronasal organ. V. An interpretation of its discovery by Ruysch, Jacobson, or Kölliker, with an English translation of Kölliker (1877)

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-15

  Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^a   Smith, Timothy D ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemosensory; Dursy; History; Human; Jacobson; K lliker; Ruysch; S mmering; Translation; VNO; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MAMMAL; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0141919825     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.10001     Document Type: Review

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