The vomeronasal organ of Lemur catta

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-238

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Muchlinski, Magdalena N ^c   Bhatnagar, Kunwar ^d   Durham, Emily L ^e   Bonar, Christopher J ^f   Burrows, Anne M ^b,e  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Dallas Zoological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Jacobson's organ; Olfactory; Pheromonal; Primates; Ring tailed lemur

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; PRIMATE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION; VOLUME; WEIGHT;

LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; LORIDAE; PRIMATES;

NEUROMODULIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEMURIDAE; MALE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE BUD; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEMUR; MALE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; TASTE BUDS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84921615719     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22326     Document Type: Article

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