Innervation of the tibial epiphysis through the intercondylar foramen
The periosteum and mineralized bone are innervated by nerves that sense pain. These include both myelinated and unmyelinated neurons with either free nerve endings or bearing nociceptors. Parasympathetic and sympathetic autonomic nerves also innervate bone. However, little is known about the route sensory nerves take leaving the epiphyses of long bones at the adult knee joint. Here, we used transgenic mice that express fluorescent Venus protein in Schwann cells (Sox10-Venus mice) to visualize myelinated and unmyelinated nerves in the tibial epiphysis.
Source: Bone - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Koichi Matsuo, Ji Shuting, Ayako Miya, Masaki Yoda, Yuzuru Hamada, Tomoya Tanaka, Ryoko Takao-Kawabata, Katsuhiro Kawaai, Yukiko Kuroda, Shinsuke Shibata Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research