title: Histological and lectin histochemical studies on the main and accessory olfactory bulbs in the Japanese striped snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata.
abstract: The main and accessory olfactory bulbs were examined by histological methods and lectin histochemistry in the Japanese striped snake. As the results, the histological properties are similar between the main olfactory bulb and the accessory olfactory bulb. In lectin histochemistry, 21 lectins used in this study showed similar binding patterns in the main olfactory bulb and the accessory olfactory bulb. In detail, 15 lectins stained these olfactory bulbs with similar manner, and 6 lectins did not stain them at all. Two lectins, Lycopersicon esculentum lectin (LEL) and Solanum tuberosum lectin (STL), stained the nerve and glomerular layers and did not stain any other layers in both olfactory bulbs. Four lectins, Soybean agglutinin (SBA), Vicia villosa agglutinin (VVA), Peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin-L (PHA-L) stained the nerve and glomerular layers more intensely than other layers in both olfactory bulbs. In addition, VVA showed the dot-like stainings in the glomeruli of both olfactory bulbs. These findings suggest that the degree of development and the properties of glycoconjugates are similar between the main olfactory bulb and the accessory olfactory bulb in the Japanese striped snake.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.forename: Akimi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamuta
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017812:Colubridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D007564:Japan; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006001:Glycoconjugates; D037121:Plant Lectins