The orobasal organ (of Ackerknecht) is present in prenatal mice
While the existence of an orobasal organ was already shown for pre- and postnatal rats, there was only one publication dealing with the orobasal organ in mice. In this study, adult mice were investigated and no orobasal organ was found. Here, we demonstrate the existence of an orobasal organ in mice, at least in embryos. The presence of the orobasal organ in a common model organism will help to investigate its pre- and postnatal development, as well as possible physiological functions of this structure.
Authors
- Jens Peter Munk
- Sven Schumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-622X)
- Michael J. Schmeißer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-1922)
- Moritz Staeber
Institutions
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Focus (Germany) (DE)
- Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2025.1590311
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00