PMID- 12845570
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030917
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 1059-910X (Print)
IS  - 1059-910X (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 5
DP  - 2003 Aug 1
TI  - Development of the vomeronasal receptor epithelium and the accessory olfactory 
      bulb in sheep.
PG  - 438-47
AB  - The morphological development of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) and accessory 
      olfactory bulb (AOB) of the sheep from anlage to birth were studied by classical 
      and histochemical methods using embryos and fetuses obtained from an abattoir 
      with ages estimated from crown-to-rump length. Both VNO and AOB developed in a 
      biologically logical sequence and completed their morphological development 
      around day 98, at entry into the last third of the gestation period. A lectin 
      with specificity for oligomeric N-acetylglucosamine labeled the sensory 
      epithelium of the VNO, the vomeronasal nerves, and the nervous and glomerular 
      layers of the AOB before birth. These results suggest that the vomeronasal 
      system, which is well developed and functional in adult sheep, may be able to 
      function at or even before birth in these animals (whereas in rodents, for 
      example, this is precluded by the AOB not completing its development until after 
      birth).
CI  - Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
FAU - Salazar, Ignacio
AU  - Salazar I
AD  - Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago 
      de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain. anigsabe@lugo.usc.es
FAU - Lombardero, Matilde
AU  - Lombardero M
FAU - Aleman, Nuria
AU  - Aleman N
FAU - Sanchez Quinteiro, Pablo
AU  - Sanchez Quinteiro P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Microsc Res Tech
JT  - Microscopy research and technique
JID - 9203012
RN  - 0 (Lectins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Embryo, Mammalian
MH  - Epithelium/*embryology/ultrastructure
MH  - Fetus
MH  - Immunohistochemistry
MH  - Lectins/metabolism
MH  - Microscopy, Electron
MH  - Olfactory Bulb/*embryology/ultrastructure
MH  - Sheep
MH  - Vomeronasal Organ/*embryology/ultrastructure
EDAT- 2003/07/08 05:00
MHDA- 2003/09/18 05:00
CRDT- 2003/07/08 05:00
PHST- 2003/07/08 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/09/18 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/07/08 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/jemt.10362 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Microsc Res Tech. 2003 Aug 1;61(5):438-47. doi: 10.1002/jemt.10362.