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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 403, Issue 3, Pages 280-282Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.04.056
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olfactory epithelium; crypt neuron-like cell; cartilaginous fish
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A new receptor neuron (RN) type was recently described in bony fish olfactory epithelium (OE): the crypt receptor neuron. This name is due to its main feature: the presence, at the apical part, of a deep invagination into which cilia protrude. The presence of this receptor neuron type is well documented in different species of bony fishes but it has never been described in cartilaginous fishes. In this study we demonstrate that crypt neuron-like cells are present in the olfactory epithelium of the elasmobranch Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Histological observations allowed us to detect the presence of a few egg-shaped cells, characterized by a crypt like zone; a-tubulin immunoreactivity suggested the presence of cilia in the same area; fluorocrome conjugated lectin bindings suggested a distinctive mucus composition inside the presumptive crypt. The possible presence of crypt neuron-like cells in chondrichthyes would represent an interesting common feature between bony and cartilaginous fishes. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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