Morphology of the Non-Sensory Tissue Components in Rat Aging Vomeronasal Organ

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-277

  Eltony, S A ^a   Elgayar, S A ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EUKARYOTA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960343324     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2011.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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