Immunohistochemical detection of ENaCβ in the terminal Schwann cells associated with the periodontal Ruffini endings of the rat incisor

Biomedical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Hitomi, Yasumasa ^a   Suzuki, Akiko ^a   Kawano, Yoshiro ^a   Nozawa Inoue, Kayoko ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a   Maeda, Takeyasu ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL BETA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SCNN1B PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCISOR; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; RAT; RUFFINI ORGAN; SCHWANN CELL; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; SPINAL GANGLION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCISOR; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 67649804916     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.30.113     Document Type: Article

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