Central and peripheral anatomy of slowly adapting type I low-threshold mechanoreceptors innervating trunk skin of neonatal mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 505, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 547-561

  Woodbury, C Jeffery ^a,b   Koerber, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; DRG; Endings; Merkel cells; Mouse; Physiology; Sensory neurons; Skin; Terminals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TRUNK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MECHANORECEPTORS; MERKEL CELLS; MICE; NERVE ENDINGS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 38049078865     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21517     Document Type: Article

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