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Peptidergic innervation of the temporomandibular disk in the rat
H Ichikawa1, S Wakisaka, S Matsuo
1First Department of Oral Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, Japan.
Experientia
|March 15, 1989
Abstract:
The peptidergic innervation of the temporomandibular disk was investigated in the postnatal young rat by using an indirect immunofluorescence method. Calcitonin gene-related peptide-containing nerve fibers were located around the blood vessels and terminated as free nerve endings in the disk. These nerve fibers may be of a sensory nature.