Microtopography of the autonomic nerves in the rat knee: A fluorescence microscopic study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-118

  Schwab, W ^a   Bilgicyildirim A ^a   Funk, R H W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Fluorescence immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Knee joint; Neurokinin A; Neuropeptide Y; Rat; Substance P

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROKININ A; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNOVIUM; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BONE AND BONES; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROKININ A; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030766388     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199701)247:1<109::AID-AR13>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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