Seasonal changes in the histochemical properties of the olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ in the Japanese striped snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-53

  Kondoh, D ^a,b   Yamamoto, Y ^a,b   Nakamuta, N ^a,b   Taniguchi, K ^a,b,c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; LIPOFUSCIN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLUBRIDAE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETORY VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; HIBERNATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; LIPOFUSCIN; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SEASONS; SECRETORY VESICLES; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA;

EID: 84855990024     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2011.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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