Quantitative examination of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactive nerve fibres in the cat knee joint capsule

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 525-530

  Heppelmann, Bernd ^a   Shahbazian, Zahra ^a   Hanesch, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afferent nerve fibres; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Joint innervation; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030975890     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050072     Document Type: Article

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