Merkel cells are responsible for the initiation of taste organ morphogenesis in the frog

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-140

  Toyoshima, Kuniaki ^a   Seta, Yuji ^a   Toyono, Takashi ^a   Takeda, Shinobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Gustatory; Merkel cells; Salientia; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FROG; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MERKEL CELL; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELLS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEROTONIN; TONGUE;

EID: 0033614295     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990329)406:1<129::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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