Selective phototoxic destruction of quinacrine-loaded Merkel cells is neither selective nor complete

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-334

  Senok, Solomon S ^a   Baumann, Klaus I ^b   Halata, Zdenek ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanoreceptors; Merkel cells; Phototoxicity; Quinacrine; UV light; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

MEPACRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN NERVE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0029840447     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229133     Document Type: Article

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