The three-dimensional microanatomy of Meissner corpuscles in monkey palmar skin

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-371

  Takahashi Iwanaga, Hiromi ^a   Shimoda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEISSNER CORPUSCLE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWANN CELL; SKIN RECEPTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; FEMALE; HAND; MACACA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SCHWANN CELLS; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 1042302691     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000011330.57530.2f     Document Type: Article

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