From: The sea lamprey has a primordial accessory olfactory system
 | MOE | MOE/AOE | AOE | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rodent | Frog | Lamprey | Zebrafish | Rodent | Frog | Lamprey | |
Peripheral | Cell Type | Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar [29] | Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar and Microvillous [34] | Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar [35] | Microvillous [31] | |||
Peripheral | Genes | OR, TAAR [10] | OR, TAAR, V1R [22] | OR, V1R, V2R [10] | V2R [40] | |||
Peripheral | Projections | To MOB [41] | To MOB and DTN | To MOB [34] | To AOB [43] | To MOB and DTN | ||
Central | Cell Type | Mitral cells [45] | Mitral cells [49] | Mitral cells | ||||
Central | Glomeruli | Yes [51] | Yes, loosely defined [52] | Yes [43] | Yes [44] | Yes, loosely defined [52] | ||
Central | Secondary Projections | To olfactory cortex [55] | To olfactory amygdala [56] | To habenula/limbic system output pathway [54] | To amygdala (limbic area) and hypothalamus [57] | To piriform cortex [58] | To pallial areas and hypothalamus |