Immunocytochemical localization of serotonin, monoamine oxidase and assessment of monoamine oxidase activity in human dental pulp

Brain Research

Volumn 853, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 374-376

  Inoue, Katsuhiro ^a   Mogi, Makio ^b   Mori, Ryota ^a   Naito, Jumpei ^c   Fukuda, Shin Ici ^a   Creveling, Cyrus R ^d  

^a MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Human; MAO; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 0033987765     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02170-8     Document Type: Article

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