The Merkel Cell
Subtitle: Structure-Development-Function-Cancerogenesis
Contributors: K.I. Baumann (Editor); Z. Halata (Editor); I. Moll (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9783540003748
Subjects: Medical; Medical / Nursing; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Physiology; Science / Cytology; mechanoreceptors; neuroendocrine cells; skin cancer; touch; whiskers; Anatomy; Dermatology; Oncology; Congresses; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cells
First sentence: The touch cell of Merkel was originally described as a bubble-like cell associated with a nerve ending in the epidermis of mammals (Merkel 1875).