How many hair follicles are innervated by one afferent axon? A confocal microscopic analysis of palisade endings in the auricular skin of thy1-YFP transgenic mouse

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 583-595

  Suzuki, Maasa ^a   Ebara, Satomi ^a   Koike, Taro ^b   Tonomura, Sotatsu ^a   Kumamoto, Kenzo ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hair follicle; Lanceolate ending; Single afferent; Three dimensional analysis; Thy1 YFP transgenic mouse; Touch sense

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HAIR FOLLICLE; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TOUCH; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; AXONS; HAIR FOLLICLE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TOUCH;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84871396409     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.88.583     Document Type: Article

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