Age-related changes in Meissner corpuscles in the mouse palate: A histochemical and ultrastructural study

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-290

  Iida, Schuichi ^a   Tachibana, Tamiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PALATE; SKIN RECEPTOR;

EID: 0029783831     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.281     Document Type: Article

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