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Meanings of jacobson's organ in English

Russian
вомероназальный орган
Portuguese
órgão vomeronasal
Spanish
organos de jacobson
Catalan
òrgan vomeronasal

Smell sense organ in the nasal septum of the nasal cavity just above the roof of the mouth.

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вомероназальный орган
Synonyms
Examples for "vno"
Examples for "vno"
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We investigated the role of VNO-mediated inputs in experience-dependent plasticity of reproductive responses.
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This anatomy is suggestive of residual functioning in the apical VNO of these animals.
Pubmed
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With regard to the duration of visits the VNO-ablated mice showed significant reduction in visiting time when compared to ZnSO(4)-irrigated mice.
Pubmed
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He is building an alliance with Vornado Realty Trust, VNO.N which on Friday disclosed it held 9.9 percent of Penney's shares.
Reuters
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However, several mechanistic aspects of sensory signaling in the vomeronasal organ remain unclear.
Pubmed
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The researchers said they bred female mice without a gene critical to the vomeronasal organ's function.
Reuters
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The trpc2 gene encodes an ion channel involved in pheromonal detection and is found in the vomeronasal organ.
Pubmed
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But some scientists suspected that mammals could only detect pheromones with specialized sensory apparatus called the vomeronasal organ, which humans don't have.
Wired
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It turns out female mice need the vomeronasal organ to tell the sexes apart, just as males have in earlier studies, the researchers said.
Reuters