PMID- 18634021
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080924
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 1096-9861 (Electronic)
IS  - 0021-9967 (Linking)
VI  - 510
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Sep 20
TI  - The accessory olfactory bulb in the adult rat: a cytological study of its cell 
      types, neuropil, neuronal modules, and interactions with the main olfactory 
      system.
PG  - 309-50
LID - 10.1002/cne.21790 [doi]
AB  - The accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) in the adult rat is organized into external 
      (ECL) and internal (ICL) cellular layers separated by the lateral olfactory tract 
      (LOT). The most superficial layer, or vomeronasal nerve layer, is composed of two 
      fiber contingents that distribute in rostral and caudal halves. The second layer, 
      or glomerular layer, is also divided by a conspicuous invagination of the 
      neuropil of the ECL at the junction of the rostral and caudal halves. The ECL 
      contains eight cell types distributed in three areas: a subglomerular area 
      containing juxtaglomerular and superficial short-axon neurons, an intermediate 
      area harboring large principal cells (LPC), or mitral and tufted cells, and a 
      deep area containing dwarf, external granule, polygonal, and round projecting 
      cells. The ICL contains two neuron types: internal granule (IGC) and main 
      accessory cells (MACs). The dendrites and axons of LPCs in the two AOB halves are 
      organized symmetrically with respect to an anatomical plane called linea alba. 
      The LPC axon collaterals may recruit adjacent intrinsic, possibly 
      gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic, neurons that, in turn, interact with the 
      dendrites of the adjacent LPCs. These modules may underlie the process of 
      decoding pheromonal clues. The most rostral ICL contains another neuron group 
      termed interstitial neurons of the bulbi (INBs) that includes both intrinsic and 
      projecting neurons. MACs and INBs share inputs from fiber efferents arising in 
      the main olfactory bulb (MOB) and AOB and send axons to IGCs. Because IGCs are a 
      well-known source of modulatory inputs to LPCs, both MACs and INBs represent a 
      site of convergence of the MOB with the AOB.
CI  - Copyright 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
FAU - Larriva-Sahd, Jorge
AU  - Larriva-Sahd J
AD  - Instituto de Neurobiologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Campus 
      Juriquilla, Queretaro, CP 76001 Qro., Mexico. jlsneuro@servidor.unam.mx
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Comp Neurol
JT  - The Journal of comparative neurology
JID - 0406041
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Male
MH  - Neurons/*ultrastructure
MH  - Neuropil/*ultrastructure
MH  - Olfactory Bulb/*ultrastructure
MH  - Olfactory Pathways/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Rats
MH  - Rats, Sprague-Dawley
MH  - Vomeronasal Organ/anatomy & histology
EDAT- 2008/07/18 09:00
MHDA- 2008/09/25 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/18 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/09/25 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/18 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/cne.21790 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Comp Neurol. 2008 Sep 20;510(3):309-50. doi: 10.1002/cne.21790.