In situ hybridization with an antisense probe (AS, left) reveals (B) Lcn16 is expressed in glandular tissue of the VNO, but not within the sensory epithelium (dashed line) and (C) Lcn17 is expressed within the main olfactory epithelium of the OM (dashed line). (journals.plos.org)
Searching for an explanation to this alternate pheromone - detection system, neuroscientists Stephen Liberles and Linda Buck of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle scanned the mouse olfactory epithelium for potential pheromone receptors. (sciencemag.org)
The human olfactory epithelium lines the roof of the nasal cavity, part of the nasal septum and the superior turbinates and may extend to the middle turbinates. (journals.lww.com)