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7511981

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
Histochemical, immunohistochemical and neurochemical techniques were used to examine the innervation of epineurial nerve sheaths and fascicular nerve bundles of human sural and optic nerves from controls and patients with peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes or alcoholism. The normal distribution of autonomic nerves in both nerve trunk sheaths consisted of a dense innervation by noradrenaline (NA)-containing nerves of the vasa nervorum, together with some fibres in the nervi nervorum. Intrafascicular NA-containing nerves were only present in the sural nerve. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)- and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-containing nerves also innervated the vasa nervorum and nervi nervorum of the nerve sheaths, although their density was considerably less. Substance P (SP)-containing nerves were sparse and primarily intrafascicular. Neurochemical assays for NA, VIP, NPY and SP in fascicular and epineurial preparations from the sural and optic nerves confirmed the light microscopical observations. Post mortem delay significantly affected the NA levels in the sural nerve but not in the optic nerve while the NA fascicular/epineurial ratio for the sural nerve was independent of this factor. Age, sex and the presence of alcohol at time of death had no effect on transmitter levels in normal sural nerves. In the optic nerve fascicles NA levels were higher in females than in males. In patients with peripheral neuropathy there was a significant reduction in the SP fascicular/epineurial ratio in both the optic nerve, which was histologically normal, and in the sural nerve, where there was evidence of neuropathy. The NA fascicular/epineurial ratio was also significantly reduced in the sural nerve from patients with peripheral neuropathy with a possible greater effect in diabetes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
632
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
48-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Innervation of normal human sural and optic nerves by noradrenaline- and peptide-containing nervi vasorum and nervorum: effect of diabetes and alcoholism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't