Diversity of the vomeronasal system in mammals: The singularities of the sheep model

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 752-762

  Salazar, Ignacio ^a   Quinteiro, Pablo Sanchez ^a   Alemañ, Nuria ^a   Cifuentes, Jose Manuel ^a   Troconiz, Patricia Fernandez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Morphology; Ungulates; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; OLFACTORY BULBS; OLFACTORY SYSTEMS; SHEEP MODEL; UNGULATE; VOMERONASAL ORGANS;

MAMMALS;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547903917     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20461     Document Type: Article

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