[Regeneration of free nerve endings and sensory corpuscles after implantation of nerve into the denervated skin in the monkey].
Two rhesus monkeys were used. Their fingers were denervated first and then the nerve was implanted into the denervated skin. The results showed that: (1) the process of regeneration of nerve fibers was similar to that of previous experiments in rabbits; (2) regeneration of nervous tissue included 2 kinds of sensory receptors with capsule-Meissner corpuscles and Merkel cell-dendrite complex; (3) the regenerative rate of Meissner corpuscles increased progressively and their morphology and structure became matured with elapse of time; (4) no regeneration of pacinian corpuscle was found in 6 months after nerve implantation; (5) Meissner corpuscles also regenerated in the transplanted glabrous skin.
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Tandu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an.
Chen
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Li
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D000818:Animals; D003714:Denervation; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation*