Characteristic intraepidermal nerve fibre endings of the intervibrissal fur in the mystacial pad of the rat: Morphological details revealed by intravital methylene blue staining and the zinc iodide-osmium tetroxide technique

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-152

  Müller, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hair; Mechanoreception; Nociception; Skin; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; EPIDERMIS; HAIR; MECHANORECEPTORS; METHYLENE BLUE; NERVE FIBERS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; RATS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17744415886     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829900504X     Document Type: Article

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