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Peptidergic innervation of the temporomandibular disk in the rat

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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.

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  1. First Department of Oral Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1-8 Yamadaoka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    H. Ichikawa, S. Wakisaka, S. Matsuo & M. Akai

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Ichikawa, H., Wakisaka, S., Matsuo, S. et al. Peptidergic innervation of the temporomandibular disk in the rat. Experientia 45, 303–304 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951817

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