Organization of the chemosensory neuroepithelium of the vomeronasal organ of the Scandinavian moose Alces alces

Brain Research

Volumn 1306, Issue , 2010, Pages 53-61

  Vedin, Viktoria ^a   Eriksson, Björn ^a   Berghard, Anna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Alces alces; Chemical sense; Immunohistochemistry; Moose; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; KERATIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOOSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ALCES ALCES; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71849096739     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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