Oral sensory papillae, chemo- and mechano-receptors, in the snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata. A light and electron microscopic study

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-70

  Nishida, Yasutaka ^a   Yoshie, Sumio ^a   Fujita, Tsuneo ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUTH MUCOSA; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SNAKE; TASTE BUD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0034035340     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.63.55     Document Type: Article

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