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Aberrant sensory innervation of the olfactory bulb in neuropilin-2 mutant mice.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 15 May 2002
Walz Andreas, Rodriguez Ivan, Mombaerts Peter
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian olfactory system consists of two anatomically segregated structures, the main olfactory system and the vomeronasal system, which each detect distinct types of chemical stimuli in the environment. During development, sensory neurons establish precise axonal connections with their respective targets within the olfactory bulb. The specificity of the odorant or vomeronasal receptor expressed by the...
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