Novel Insights in the Neurochemistry and Function of Pulmonary Sensory Receptors

Inge Brouns author Isabel Pintelon author Jean-Pierre Timmermans author Dirk Adriaensen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Published:6th Oct '11

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Novel Insights in the Neurochemistry and Function of Pulmonary Sensory Receptors cover

With the advances of immunohistochemistry in combination with confocal microscopy, airway sensory receptor end-organs can now be examined and evaluated objectively. Based on their ‘neurochemical coding’, morphology, location and origin, three sensory receptor end organs are currently morphologically well-characterised: smooth muscle-associated airway  receptors (SMARs), neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs) and visceral pleura receptors (VPRs). The present information on the functional morphological and neurochemical characteristics of these sensory receptors, leads to important conclusions about their (possible) function.

ISBN: 9783642227714

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118 pages