Confocal imaging of Merkel-like basal cells in the taste buds of zebrafish

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-115

  Zachar, Peter C ^a   Jonz, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common chemical sense; Gustatory; Mechanoreceptor; Pharynx; Serotonin; Somatosensory; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL LIKE BASAL CELL; MICROVILLUS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE BUD; TISSUE PREPARATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; GILLS; LARVA; MAXILLA; MERKEL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OROPHARYNX; SEROTONIN; TASTE BUDS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; DISCOIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856506419     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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