A putative functional vomeronasal system in anuran tadpoles

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-372

  Jungblut, Lucas David ^a   Pozzi, Andrea Gabriela ^a   Paz, Dante Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Chemical sensing; G protein; Pheromones; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; LECTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TADPOLE; TELENCEPHALON; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; OLFACTORY BULB; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866041320     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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