Histological and Ultrastructural Characteristics of the Primordial Vomeronasal Organ in Lungfish

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-491

  Nakamuta, Shoko ^a,b   Nakamuta, Nobuaki ^a,b   Taniguchi, Kazumi ^c   Taniguchi, Kazuyuki ^a,b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lectin histochemistry; Lungfish; Olfactory organ; Ultrastructure; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMPHIBIA; PISCES; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857062834     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22415     Document Type: Article

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