Localization of unmyelinated axons in rat skin and mucocutaneous tissue utilizing the isolectin GS-I-B4

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Petruska, Jeffrey C ^a   Streit, Wolfgang J ^a   Johnson, Richard D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

C fiber; Pain; Penis; Peripheral nerve; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR; HINDLIMB; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LECTINS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN;

EID: 0030755881     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229771187     Document Type: Article

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