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Mouse Solitary Chemosensory Cells

Solitary chemosensory cells (SCCs) preferentially locate at the entrance duct of the VNO and express chemosensory signaling components.

A: A schematic drawing of a mouse hemi-nose. MOE: main olfactory epithelium; OB: olfactory bulb. VNO: vomeronasal organ (blue).

B: Luminal view of the entire non-sensory epithelium and entrance duct of a VNO from a TRPM5-GFP mouse. Bright spots are GFP-positive SCCs. Arrow points to the anterior opening. Anterior to the VNO, the cartilaginous stenonii canal channels external fluids to the VNO opening.

Scale: B, 0.5 mm.

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Reference

<pubmed>20689832</pubmed>| PLoS One.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011924.g001

Citation: Ogura T, Krosnowski K, Zhang L, Bekkerman M, Lin W (2010) Chemoreception Regulates Chemical Access to Mouse Vomeronasal Organ: Role of Solitary Chemosensory Cells. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11924. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011924

Copyright: © 2010 Ogura et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.