Receptors and transporter for serotonin in Merkel cell-nerve endings in the rat sinus hair follicle. An immunohistochemical study

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-28

  Tachibana, Tamiko ^a   Endoh, Makoto ^a   Fujiwara, Naoki ^a   Nawa, Tokio ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 20; NEUROFILAMENT H; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LASER MICROSCOPE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONIN RELEASE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MERKEL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 17644410014     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.68.19     Document Type: Article

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