Unmyelinated nerve fibers in the human dental pulp express markers for myelinated fibers and show sodium channel accumulations

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Henry, Michael A ^a   Luo, Songjiang ^a   Levinson, S Rock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT HEAVY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SODIUM CHANNEL; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CNTN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CONTACTIN 1; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN H; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UCHL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE PRODUCT; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TOOTH PULP; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CONTACTIN 1; DENTAL PULP; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 84858322508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-29     Document Type: Article

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