Immunohistochemical reactions of receptors to met-enkephalin, VIP, substance P, and CGRP located on Merkel cells in the rat sinus hair follicle

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-391

  Tachibana, Tamiko ^a   Nawa, Tokio ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN 20; ENKEPHALIN RECEPTOR; METENKEPHALIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; KERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MERKEL CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; KERATINS; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33645117001     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.68.383     Document Type: Article

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