OLFACTORY AND SOLITARY CHEMOSENSORY CELLS: TWO DIFFERENT CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEMS IN THE NASAL CAVITY OF THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR, ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS

Olfactory and solitary chemosensory cells: two different chemosensory systems in the nasal cavity of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Abstract Background The nasal cavity of all vertebrates houses multiple chemosensors, either innervated by the Ist (olfactory) or the Vth (trigeminal) cranial nerve.Various types of receptor cells are present, either segregated in different compartments (e.g.in rodents) or mingled in one epithelium (e.g.fish).In addition, solitary chemosensory cell

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Inborn errors of metabolism: a clinical overview

CONTEXT: Inborn errors of metabolism cause hereditary metabolic diseases Belt Terminal (HMD) and classically they result from the lack of activity of one or more specific enzymes or defects in the transportation of proteins.OBJECTIVES: A clinical review of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) to give a practical approach to the physician with figures

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