The Journal of veterinary medical science 78(5) 769-74 2016年6月 [査読有り]
In general, the nasal cavity of turtles is divided into two chambers: the upper chamber, lined with the olfactory epithelium containing ciliated olfactory receptor cells, and the lower chamber, lined with the vomeronasal epithelium containing micr...
The Journal of veterinary medical science 78(2) 245-50 2016年2月 [査読有り]
In turtles, the epithelia lining the upper and lower chambers of the nasal cavity project axons to the ventral and dorsal parts of the olfactory bulbs, respectively. In a semi-aquatic soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, more than 1,000 odora...
Biology of reproduction 93(2) 32-32 2015年8月 [査読有り]
Neonatal exposure to estrogens is known to cause delayed effects, a late-occurring adverse effect on adult female reproductive functions, such as early onset of age-matched abnormal estrous cycling. However, the critical period in which neonates a...
Neonatal exposure to 17alpha-ethynylestradiol (EE) causes delayed effect, a late-occurring irreversible damage to reproductive functions characterized by the early onset of age-matched abnormal estrous cycling. To clarify the involvement of a hypo...
The Journal of comparative neurology 522(15) 3501-19 2014年10月 [査読有り]
We analyzed the expression of G protein α subunits and the axonal projection into the brain in the olfactory system of the semiaquatic newt Cynops pyrrhogaster by immunostaining with antibodies against Gαolf and Gαo , by in situ hybridization usin...