Contactin‐6‐deficient male mice exhibit the abnormal function of the accessory olfactory system and impaired reproductive behavior

AOBmi (Accessory olfactory bulb, mitral layer) MBA:204 synapses onto AOBgr (Accessory olfactory bulb, granular layer) MBA:196 · Mouse

Electron microscopy of the mitral cell layer of the accessory olfactory bulb in adult male mice identified excitatory synapses between mitral and granule cells. Synapses were classified by postsynaptic density thickness and counted in 20 sections per mouse. Cntn6 knockout males had more of these excitatory synapses than wild-type littermates.

Results, final section; Fig. S2A-C

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