Expressions of putative neurotransmitters and neuronal growth related genes in Merkel cell-neurite complexes of the rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1481-1490

  Leung, M S ^a,b   Wong, C C ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Merkel cell; Neurotransmitters; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MERKEL CELL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034629055     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(00)00465-3     Document Type: Article

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