Cutaneous Merkel cells of the rat contain both dynorphin A and vesicular monoamine transporter type 1 (VMAT1) immunoreactivity

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 334-339

  Weihe, Eberhard ^a   Hartschuh, Wolfgang ^b   Schäfer, Martin K H ^a   Romeo, Horacio ^a   Eiden, Lee E ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrine; Neuropeptide; Opioid; Pain; Skin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; DYNORPHIN A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031815587     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y98-032     Document Type: Article

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