The sensorineural specializations of the trunk tip (finger) of the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-134

  Rasmussen, L E L ^a   Munger, Bryce L ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

feeding; free nerve endings; multibranched simple dermal corpuscles; Pacinian corpuscles; sensory innervation; vellus vibrissae; vibrissae; vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; TRUNK; VIBRISSA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; LIP; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NOSE; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSATION; SKIN; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 0029839815     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199609)246:1<127::AID-AR14>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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