Paucity of presumptive Ruffini corpuscles in the index finger pad of humans

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 456, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-266

  Paré, Michel ^a   Behets, Catherine ^b   Cornu, Olivier ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digit; Human; Mechanoreceptors; Sensory endings

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLABROUS SKIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDEX FINGER; MERKEL CELL; MYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUFFINI ORGAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY NERVE; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FINGERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0037428907     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10519     Document Type: Article

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