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The Accessory Olfactory Bulb of the Mink, Mustela vison: a Morphological and Lectin Histochemical Study
Author(s) -
Salazar I.,
Quinteiro P. S.,
Cifuentes J. M.,
Lombardero M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1998.tb00197.x
Subject(s) - ulex europaeus , olfactory bulb , soybean agglutinin , agglutinin , biology , lectin , mink , anatomy , vomeronasal organ , bulb , olfactory system , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , central nervous system , botany , ecology
Summary The distribution of binding sites for the lectins Ulex europaeus agglutinin I. Soybean agglutinin, Bandeiraea simplicifolia agglutinin I‐isolectin B 4 , and Vicia villosa agglutinin in the mink olfactory bulb was investigated. All lectins except Ulex europaeus agglutinin I bound exclusively and systematically to a single area of the olfactory bulb. This area corresponded to that in which the vomeronasal nerves terminate, indicating that it is the accessory olfactory bulb, as confirmed by microdissection and by the study of transverse and parasagittal series of the olfactory bulb. The results, moreover, indicate that the accessory olfactory bulb of the mink comprises three isolated eminences, the largest in the dorsal part of the olfactory bulb, and the other two in the lateral and medial parts.