Immunofluorescent triple-staining technique to identify sensory nerve endings in human thumb ligaments

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 456-464

  Lee, Julia ^a   Ladd, Amy ^a   Hagert, Elisabet ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; Ligament innervation; Mechanoreceptors; Proprioception; Thumb osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; HYDROLASE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE ENDING; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; THUMB;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; THUMB;

EID: 84859889038     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327725     Document Type: Article

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