Axonal fluorescence quantitation provides a new approach to assess cutaneous innervation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-198

  Casanova Molla, Jordi ^a,b   Morales, Merche ^a,b   Solà Valls, Núria ^a   Bosch, Anna ^b   Calvo, Maria ^b   Grau Junyent, Josep Maria ^a,b   Valls Solé, Josep ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dermal nerve fibers; IENF density; PGP ir axons; Skin biopsy; Small fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SKIN NERVE; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AXONS; DERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SKIN; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 80051587669     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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