title: [Lectin histochemistry on the olfactory region and the vomeronasal organ or rats and golden hamsters].
abstract: The present investigation describes the lectin-binding properties of the regio olfactoria (RO) and the vomeronasal organ (VNO) of the rat and golden hamster. Special attention is paid to the lectin-binding properties of the chemosensory epithelia as well as to the reactions of their specific glands. The following lectins were used: wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), horseshoe crab agglutinin (LPA), gorse agglutinin (UEA I), peanut agglutinin (PNA), soybean agglutinin (SBA), and horse gram agglutinin (DBA). Lectin-binding procedure was performed on paraffin sections of the RO and VNO using the peroxidase-antiperodixase method. Comparisons of the lectin-binding properties of the surface of the main olfactory epithelium (MOE) with that of the neuroepithelium (NE) of the VNO as estimated by the intensity of staining demonstrate that in both species differences exist between the lectin-binding properties, of the MOE and VNO-NE. Moreover, some reactions of the MOE and VNO-NE differ from species to species.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie, Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kühnel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D037102:Lectins; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000166:cytology*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000166:cytology*; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins
vernacular_title: Lektinhistochemische Untersuchungen an der Regio olfactoria und am vomeronasalen Organ von Ratte und Goldhamster.