Immunohistochemical detection of nestin in the periodontal Ruffini endings of the rat incisor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 449, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Saito, Shion ^a   Suzuki, Akiko ^a   Nozawa Inoue, Kayoko ^a   Kawano, Yoshiro ^a   Hoshino, Masaaki ^a   Saito, Chikara ^a   Maeda, Takeyasu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intermediate filament; Nestin; Periodontal ligament; Ruffini ending; Terminal Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; NESTIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCISOR; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIODONTAL RUFFINI ENDING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHWANN CELL; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCISOR; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 57149120750     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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