How does morphology relate to function in sensory arbors?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 443-451

  Hall, David H ^a   Treinin, Millet ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; LEECH; MAMMAL; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NOCICEPTORS;

EID: 80051922231     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.07.004     Document Type: Review

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