In vitro reconstruction of neuro-epidermal connections [5]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 979-981

  Château, Yannick ^a   Dorange, Germaine ^a   Clément, Jean François ^a   Pennec, Jean Pierre ^a   Gobin, Eric ^b   Griscom, Laurent ^c   Baudrimont, Marie ^b   Rougier, Nathalie ^d   Chesné, Christophe ^d   Misery, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d Biopredic International   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; GENE PRODUCT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MERKEL CELL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURITES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33947330888     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700646     Document Type: Letter

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