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Descriptor English: Neuroepithelial Bodies
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpos Neuroepiteliales
Descriptor cuerpos neuroepiteliales
Scope note: Grupos inervados de CÉLULAS NEUROEPITELIALES que se encuentran en los PULMONES. Actúan como sensores del OXÍGENO en las vías respiratorias, liberando PÉPTIDOS reguladores y SEROTONINA en respuesta a la HIPOXIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Corpos Neuroepiteliais
Descriptor French: Corps neuroépithéliaux
Entry term(s): Bodies, Neuroepithelial
Body, Neuroepithelial
Neuroepithelial Body
Tree number(s): A08.675.650.915.500.530.550
A08.800.950.500.530.550
A11.436.690.550
A11.671.650.915.500.530.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D046568
Scope note: Innervated clusters of NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS found in the LUNGS. They act as airway OXYGEN sensors, releasing regulatory PEPTIDES and SEROTONIN in response to HYPOXIA.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Epithelial Cells (1973-2004)
Neurosecretory Systems (1982-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38427
Unique ID: D046568
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Neuroepithelial Bodies - Preferred
Concept UI M0454724
Scope note Innervated clusters of NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS found in the LUNGS. They act as airway OXYGEN sensors, releasing regulatory PEPTIDES and SEROTONIN in response to HYPOXIA.
Preferred term Neuroepithelial Bodies
Entry term(s) Bodies, Neuroepithelial
Body, Neuroepithelial
Neuroepithelial Body



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