Tuberous electroreceptor organs form in denervated regenerating skin of a weakly electric fish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-574

  Weisleder, Pedro ^a,b   Lu, Ying ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

degeneration; differentiation; gymnotiformes; innervation; regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REGENERATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0030007234     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960415)367:4<563::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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