Degeneration of Meissner corpuscles after spinal cord transection in rats

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-43

  Kobayashi, Ryuji ^a   Kanemura, Naohiko ^b   Kajihara, Hiroki ^b   Tsutsumi, Eriko ^b   Hosoda, Masataka ^c   Minematsu, Akira ^b   Sasaki, Hisato ^b   Tanaka, Sachiko ^b   Shirahama, Kunji ^b   Shimizu, Junichi ^b   Ono, Kumiko ^a   Yoshimura, Osamu ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Meissner corpuscle; Spinal cord transection

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549131599     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: 09155287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.13.37     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Ide C: Mechanoreceptors: skin. 1996, Seitai no kagaku, 47: 490-493 (in Japanese).
2. Munger BL, Ide C: The structure and function of cutaneous sensory receptors. 1988, Arch Histol Cytol, 51: 1-34.
3. Hurley HJ, Mescon H: Localization of non-specific cholinesterase in Meissner's corpuscles in human skin. 1956, Br J Dermatol, 68: 290-293.
4. Cauna N: The distribution of cholinesterase in the cutaneous receptor organs, especially touch corpuscles of the human fingers. 1960, J Biophys Biochem Cytol, 8: 467-482.
5. Munger BL: Neural-epithelial interactions in sensory receptors. 1077, J Invest Dermatol, 69: 27-40.
6. Horak FB: Assumptions underlying motor control for neurologic rehabilitation. In: Lister MJ (ed) Contemporary management of motor control problems. Proceedings of the II STEP conference. 1991, Virginia, Foundation for Physical Therapy, pp 11-21.
7. Hodgson JA, Roy RR, Leon R, et al.: Can the mammalian lumbar spinal cord learn a motor task? 1994, Med Sci Sports Exerc, 26: 1491-1497.
8. Kerasidis H, Wrathall JR, Gale K: Behavioral assessment of functional deficit in rats with contusive spinal cord injury. 1987, J Neuroscience Methods, 20: 167-189.
9. Kennedy WR, Sakuta M, Quick DC: Rodent eccrine sweat glands : a case of multiple efferent innervation. 1984, Neuroscience, 11: 741-749.
10. Karnovsky MJ, Roots LA: "Direct-coloring" thiocholine method for cholinesterase. 1964, J Histochem Cytochem, 12: 219-221.
11. Iida S, Tachibana T: Age related changes in Meissner corpuscles in the mouse palate: a histochemical and ultrastructural study. 1996, Arch Histol Cytol, 59: 281-290.
12. Ide C: Degeneration of mouse digital corpuscles. 1982, Am J Anat, 163: 59-72.
13. Navarro X, Verdu E, Wendelschafer-crabb G, Kennedy WR: Immunohistochemical study of skin reinnervation by regenerative axons. 1997, J Comparative Neurol, 380: 164-174.
14. Michinaka Y, Yamamoto H, Kawakami T, et al.: Effect of immobilization of knee joint on mechanoreceptors in anterior cruciate ligament of the rabbit. 1997, J Orthop Sci, 2: 259-265.
15. Fairbank TJ: Knee joint changes after meniscectomy. 1948, J Bone Joint Surg, 30: 664-670.
16. Jozsa L, Kannus P, Jarvinen TAH, et al.: Number and Morphology of mechanoreceptors in the myotendinous junction of paralysed human muscle. 1996, J Pathology, 178: 195-200.
17. Singu H: Spinal cord injuries in Japan: a nationwide epidemiological survey in 1990. 1994, Paraplegia, 32: 3-8.