Are there gap junctions between chief (glomus, type I) cells in the carotid body chemoreceptor? A review

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-233

  Kondo, Hisatake ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid body; Chief cell; Electron microscopy; Freeze substitution; Gap junction; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS;

CAROTID BODY; CHEMORECEPTION; CHIEF CELL; DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; FREEZE-FRACTURE REPLICA; FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS; GAP-JUNCTIONS; ULTRA-THIN;

CELLS;

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID BODY GLOMUS CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION;

GLOMUS;

EID: 0036827734     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10196     Document Type: Article

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