Electric field strength and epithelization in the newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-62

  Sta Iglesia, Drina D ^a   Cragoe Jr , Edward J ^a   Vanable Jr , Joseph W ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; BENZAMIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HINDLIMB; MICROELECTRODE; NEWT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; HINDLIMB; MICROELECTRODES; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SODIUM; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0030027134     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19960101)274:1<56::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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