Functional maturation of periodontal mechanoreceptors during development in rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 307-312

  Nasution, Fajar Hamonangan ^a   Toda, Kazuo ^b   Soma, Kunimichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; In vitro jaw nerve preparation; Mechanoreceptor; Periodontal ligament; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; JAW; MALE; MATURATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASTICATION; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 18744395177     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00543-6     Document Type: Article

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