Stereological quantification of olfactory receptor neurons in mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-33

  Kawagishi, K ^a   Ando, M ^a   Yokouchi, K ^a   Sumitomo, N ^a   Karasawa, M ^a   Fukushima, N ^a   Moriizumi, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Main olfactory epithelium; Mouse; Olfactory receptor neurons; Stereology; Total neuron number

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84900862194     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.050     Document Type: Article

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