The Surface Architecture of Snake Infrared Receptor Organs

Biomedical Research (Japan)

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 411-421

  Amemiya, Fumiaki ^a   Goris, Richard C ^a   Atobe, Yoshitoshi ^a   Kusunoki, Toyokazu ^a   Masuda, Yoshiki ^b   Kishida, Reiji ^c   Ishii, Norihisa ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SNAKE; STIMULATION;

EID: 0029588694     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.16.411     Document Type: Article

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