Localisation of VIP- and CGRP-like substances in the skin and sinus hair follicles of various mammalian species

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 443-452

  Cheng Chew, S B ^a   Leung, P Y ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE; SKIN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATS; DOGS; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0029999916     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01457657     Document Type: Article

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