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Mechanoreceptors in the Anterior Horn of the Equine Medial Meniscus: an Immunohistochemical Approach
- Source :
- Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia. 45:131-139
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2015.
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Abstract
- Summary Lameness due to stifle and especially meniscal lesions is frequent in equine species. In humans, mechanoreceptors involved in proprioceptive function are well studied. Given the high incidence of meniscal injuries in horses, and the lack of information concerning them in equine menisci, our objective was to study these corpuscles in six healthy anterior horns of the equine medial meniscus, which is the most common localisation reported for equine meniscal injuries. Immunohistochemical stainings were performed using antibodies against high molecular weight neurofilaments and glial fibrillary acidic proteins. From a purely fundamental point of view, our work highlights for the first time the presence of Ruffini, Pacini and Golgi corpuscles in equine meniscus. They were found, isolated or in clusters and always located at the vicinity of blood vessels, at the level of the anterior horn of the equine medial meniscus. This morphological approach could serve as a basis for clinical studies, to evaluate the impact of these corpuscles on the poor sportive prognosis in equine meniscal tears.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurofilament
040301 veterinary sciences
Lameness, Animal
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Meniscal tears
Anterior horn
Equine Species
Meniscus (anatomy)
Menisci, Tibial
Immunoenzyme Techniques
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
Nerve Fibers
0302 clinical medicine
Antibody Specificity
medicine
Animals
Horses
030222 orthopedics
General Veterinary
business.industry
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
Anatomy
Immunohistochemistry
medicine.anatomical_structure
Lameness
Horse Diseases
Schwann Cells
business
Mechanoreceptors
Medial meniscus
Cryoultramicrotomy
Pacinian Corpuscles
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03402096
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4b9436bd47cccf7d436c187bae83579e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ahe.12181