Morphological evidence for two types of mammalian vomeronasal system

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Takigami, Shu ^a,b,c   Mori, Yuji ^b   Tanioka, Yoshikuni ^d   Ichikawa, Masumi ^a,c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; G proteins; Olfaction; Pheromone; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT GI2; PROTEIN GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT GO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MARMOSET; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSORY NERVE; SMELLING; SPECIES COMPARISON; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; SHREW;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; DIDELPHIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUNCUS;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CROSS REACTIONS; DOGS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT, GI2; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GUINEA PIGS; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SHREWS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 4444298440     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh032     Document Type: Article

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