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Morphologically Identified Sensory Receptor End-Organs in the Airways, Lungs and Visceral Pleura

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Novel Insights in the Neurochemistry and Function of Pulmonary Sensory Receptors

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Abstract

Immunohistochemistry, chemical or mechanical denervation, and neuronal tracing, in combination with confocal microscopy have proven to be valuable tools to study the overall sensory innervation of the airways, with special reference to airway sensory receptor morphology. The current overview focuses on the morphology, location, origin and neurochemical coding of intrapulmonary sensory receptor end-organs that are morphologically well characterised: smooth muscle-associated airway receptors (SMARs), neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs) and visceral pleura receptors (VPRs).

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Brouns, I., Pintelon, I., Timmermans, JP., Adriaensen, D. (2012). Morphologically Identified Sensory Receptor End-Organs in the Airways, Lungs and Visceral Pleura. In: Novel Insights in the Neurochemistry and Function of Pulmonary Sensory Receptors. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 211. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22772-1_5

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