The spinal nerves innervate putative chemosensory cells in the ventral skin of desert toads, Bufo alvarius

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-192

  Koyama, Hiromichi ^a   Nagai, Takatoshi ^b,e   Takeuchi, Hiro aki ^c   Hillyard, Stanley D ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Electron microscopy; Fluorescent dye; Salt taste; Toad, Bufo alvarius (Anura); Water absorption

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DEHYDRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; TOAD; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CARBOCYANINES; CHEMORECEPTORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN; SPINAL NERVES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035033960     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410100370     Document Type: Article

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