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Enzyme histochemistry of cutaneous sensory nerve formations
Author(s) -
Dubový Petr
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
microscopy research and technique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1097-0029
pISSN - 1059-910X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19960701)34:4<334::aid-jemt5>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - sensory system , immunohistochemistry , enzyme , cyclase , sensory nerve , alkaline phosphatase , phosphatase , acid phosphatase , adenylate kinase , chemistry , biology , anatomy , biochemistry , neuroscience , immunology
The cutaneous sensory nerve formations belong to the structures which are studied intensely by the enzyme activity histochemistry since the early history of this technique. The histochemical localization of the activities of nonspecific cholinesterase, alkaline phosphatases, acid phosphatase, adenosine tri‐ and diphosphatases, adenylate cyclase, and dipeptidylpeptidase‐IV in the cutaneous sensory nerve formations, mainly sensory corpuscles, is reviewed. The histochemical approach has brought new knowledge of both morphological building of these unique structures and their biochemical constituents. Taken together, the present results of enzyme histochemistry provide insight into the function of enzymes, and disclose new relationships between the sensory terminals and auxiliary structures in the cutaneous sensory nerve formations. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.