Sensory innervation of periodontal ligament of rat molars consists of unencapsulated Ruffini‐like mechanoreceptors and free nerve endings

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 500-518

  Byers, Margaret R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal transport; free nerve endings; preterminal axon structure; Ruffini like mechanoreceptors; trigeminal

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEUCINE H 3; MECHANORECEPTOR; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLINE H 3; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; TOOTH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMAL; AXONS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLAR; NERVE ENDINGS; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0021991810     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.902310408     Document Type: Article

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