PMID- 10697284
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000316
LR  - 20190513
IS  - 0021-8782 (Print)
IS  - 1469-7580 (Electronic)
IS  - 0021-8782 (Linking)
VI  - 196 ( Pt 1)
IP  - Pt 1
DP  - 2000 Jan
TI  - A descriptive and comparative lectin histochemical study of the vomeronasal 
      system in pigs and sheep.
PG  - 15-22
AB  - The accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) is the primary target of the sensory 
      epithelium of the vomeronasal organ (VNO), and thus constitutes a fundamental 
      component of the accessory olfactory system, which is involved in responses to 
      behaviour-related olfactory stimuli. In this study we investigated the 
      characteristics of the AOB, VNO, vomeronasal nerves (VNNs) and caudal nasal nerve 
      (CdNN) in pigs and sheep, species in which olfaction plays a key behavioural role 
      both in the neonatal period and in adulthood. The patterns of staining of the AOB 
      by the Bandeiraea simplicifolia and Lycopersicon esculentum lectins were the same 
      in the 2 species, whereas the Ulex europeus and Dolichos biflorus lectins gave 
      different patterns. In both species, lectin staining of the AOB was consistent 
      with that of the VNNs, while the CdNN did not label any of the structures 
      studied. The entire sensory epithelium of the pig was labelled by Ulex europeus 
      and Lycopersicum esculentum lectins, and all 4 lectins used labelled the 
      mucomicrovillar surface of the sensory epithelium in sheep.
FAU - Salazar, I
AU  - Salazar I
AD  - Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University 
      of Santiago, Lugo, Spain. anigsabe@lugo.usc.es
FAU - Sanchez-Quinteiro, P
AU  - Sanchez-Quinteiro P
FAU - Lombardero, M
AU  - Lombardero M
FAU - Cifuentes, J M
AU  - Cifuentes JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - J Anat
JT  - Journal of anatomy
JID - 0137162
RN  - 0 (Lectins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Female
MH  - Immunohistochemistry
MH  - Lectins/*metabolism
MH  - Male
MH  - Microscopy
MH  - Sheep
MH  - Smell/physiology
MH  - Swine
MH  - Vomeronasal Organ/*anatomy & histology/physiology
PMC - PMC1468036
EDAT- 2000/03/04 09:00
MHDA- 2000/03/18 09:00
PMCR- 2002/01/01
CRDT- 2000/03/04 09:00
PHST- 2000/03/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/03/18 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/03/04 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2002/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2000.19610015.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Anat. 2000 Jan;196 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):15-22. doi: 
      10.1046/j.1469-7580.2000.19610015.x.