Organisation and chemical neuroanatomy of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) olfactory bulb

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-416

  Ngwenya, Ayanda ^a   Patzke, Nina ^a   Ihunwo, Amadio ^a   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glomeruli; Immunohistochemistry; Neurogenesis; Olfaction; Proboscidean

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; DOUBLECORTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; OREXIN A; PARVALBUMIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ELEPHANT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAIN OLFACTORY BULB; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; ELEPHANTS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROGENESIS; OLFACTORY BULB;

LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84655162275     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0316-y     Document Type: Article

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