The vomeronasal organ of New World monkeys (platyrrhini)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2158-2178

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Garrett, Eva C ^c,d   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^e   Bonar, Christopher J ^f   Bruening, Amanda E ^a   Dennis, John C ^g   Kinznger, Jonathan H ^a   Johnson, Edward W ^h   Morrison, Edward E ^g  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology NYCEP   (United States)

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

^f Dallas World Aquarium   (United States)

^g AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Central Oregon Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory epithelium; Platyrrhines; Primates; VNO; Vomeronasal neuroepithelium

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN;

ALOUATTA CARAYA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; AOTUS; ARTICLE; ATELES FUSCICEPS; CADAVER; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBUELLA PYGMAEA; CEBUS; CHEMORECEPTOR; HARD PALATE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEONTOPITHECUS; MATURATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PITHECIA PITHECIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAGUINUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIMIAN; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PLATYRRHINI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ALOUATTA; ATELES; ATELES FUSCICEPS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS;

EID: 81255207547     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21509     Document Type: Article

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