"Olfactory Mucosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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That portion of the nasal mucosa containing the sensory nerve endings for SMELL, located at the dome of each NASAL CAVITY. The yellow-brownish olfactory epithelium consists of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; brush cells; STEM CELLS; and the associated olfactory glands.
| Descriptor ID |
D009831
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.531.520.573 A04.760.600.640 A09.531.623 A10.615.550.760.600.640
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| Concept/Terms |
Olfactory Mucosa- Olfactory Mucosa
- Mucosa, Olfactory
- Olfactory Membrane
- Membrane, Olfactory
- Membranes, Olfactory
- Olfactory Membranes
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Olfactory Mucosa" by people in Profiles.
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Induction of heat shock protein 70 in rat olfactory epithelium by toxic chemicals: in vitro and in vivo studies. Arch Toxicol. 2005 Apr; 79(4):224-30.
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The terminal nerve ganglion cells project to the olfactory mucosa in the dwarf gourami. Neurosci Res. 2002 Nov; 44(3):337-41.
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What defines the nervus terminalis? Neurochemical, developmental, and anatomical criteria. Prog Brain Res. 2002; 141:45-58.
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A subpopulation of nervus terminalis neurons projects to the olfactory mucosa in Xenopus laevis. J Neurosci Res. 2001 Oct 01; 66(1):8-15.