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C-Fiber Structure Varies with Location in Peripheral Nerve

C-Fiber Structure Varies with Location in Peripheral Nerve Recent advances in regeneration and pain research have revealed gaps in the understanding of normal C-fiber anatomy. In the rat PNS, C-fiber axons assemble into Remak bundles, but beyond this, features of C-fiber organization are not defined. Systematic sampling and quantitation reveals that Remak bundles exiting from the L5 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contain large numbers of axons, for example, 56% of unmyelinated axons were in bundles of >20 axons. This is different from distal nerve segments such as the hindpaw plantar nerve where the median number of axons per bundle is 3. The cross-sectional area of unmyelinated axons in dorsal root was homogeneous near the DRG but variability in axonal area increased near the spinal cord (p = 0.00001) and the mean axonal area was unchanged. Unmyelinated axons in peripheral nerve were almost always isolated from one another by Schwann cell processes; however, in dorsal root 7% to 9% of unmyelinated axons were immediately adjacent within pockets containing 2 or more axons. Remak bundles in the distal peripheral nerve clustered with other Remak bundles. We observe that multiple unmyelinated axons are juxtaposed within the C-fiber/Remak bundle and that the close association of afferent axons may have important functional implications. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology Oxford University Press

C-Fiber Structure Varies with Location in Peripheral Nerve

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Oxford University Press
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Copyright © 2004 by the American Association of Neuropathologists, Inc.
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0022-3069
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1554-6578
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10.1093/jnen/63.3.246
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Abstract

Recent advances in regeneration and pain research have revealed gaps in the understanding of normal C-fiber anatomy. In the rat PNS, C-fiber axons assemble into Remak bundles, but beyond this, features of C-fiber organization are not defined. Systematic sampling and quantitation reveals that Remak bundles exiting from the L5 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contain large numbers of axons, for example, 56% of unmyelinated axons were in bundles of >20 axons. This is different from distal nerve segments such as the hindpaw plantar nerve where the median number of axons per bundle is 3. The cross-sectional area of unmyelinated axons in dorsal root was homogeneous near the DRG but variability in axonal area increased near the spinal cord (p = 0.00001) and the mean axonal area was unchanged. Unmyelinated axons in peripheral nerve were almost always isolated from one another by Schwann cell processes; however, in dorsal root 7% to 9% of unmyelinated axons were immediately adjacent within pockets containing 2 or more axons. Remak bundles in the distal peripheral nerve clustered with other Remak bundles. We observe that multiple unmyelinated axons are juxtaposed within the C-fiber/Remak bundle and that the close association of afferent axons may have important functional implications.

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Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology – Oxford University Press

Published: Mar 1, 2004

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