Capsaicin-resistant, nonspecific acetylcholinesterase (NsAchE) reactive nerve fibers in the rat cornea: A quantitative and developmental study

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Hiura, Akio ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Center for Special Care in Dentistry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea; Intraepithelial nerve; PGP ir nerve; Sensory fibers; Subepithelial nerve

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CAPSAICIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DENSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STAINING; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 13244287843     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.81.75     Document Type: Article

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