[The vomeronasal organ (VNO) of newborn guinea pigs is functionally sound].
The present investigation demonstrates that the vascularization of the vomeronasal organ in the newborn guinea pig is capable of generating a pumping mechanism for suction of stimuli from the nasal cavity into the lumen of the organ.
Mendoza
A S
AS
Institut für Anatomie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, BRD.
Kühnel
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D009295:Nasal Bone; D009300:Nasal Septum
Das vomeronasale Organ (VNO) von neugeborenen Meerschweinchen ist funktionstüchtig.