Innervation of the digit on the forepaw of the raccoon

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 417, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-490

  Rice, Frank L ^a   Rasmusson, Douglas D ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous innervation; Digit; Sensory endings; Vascular innervation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; FINGER; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MERKEL CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORELIMB; HAIR; HOOF AND CLAW; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; RACCOONS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 0034695999     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000221)417:4<467::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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