Distribution and terminal arborizations of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the glabrous finger pads of the monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 445, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-359

  Paré, Michel ^a   Smith, Allan M ^a   Rice, Frank L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous innervation; Digit; Primate; Sensory endings

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FINGER; GLABROUS SKIN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; MONKEY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; FINGERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MERKEL CELLS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 0037089851     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10196     Document Type: Article

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