Olfactory and solitary chemosensory cells: two different chemosensory systems in the nasal cavity of the American alligator, <it>Alligator mississippiensis</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The nasal cavity of all vertebrates houses multiple chemosensors, either innervated by the Ist (olfactory) or the Vth (trigeminal) cranial nerve. Various types of receptor cells are present, either segregated in different compartment...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-08-01
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Series: | BMC Neuroscience |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8/64 |