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ArticleAnatomy & cell biology2019

Nervus terminalis and nerves to the vomeronasal organ: a study using human fetal specimens.

Zhe Wu Jin, Kwang Ho Cho, Shunichi Shibata, Masahito Yamamoto, Gen Murakami, Jose Francisco Rodríguez-Vázquez

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Article in Anatomy & cell biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Zhe Wu JinDepartment of Anatomy, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Kwang Ho ChoDepartment of Neurology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine and Hospital, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Iksan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-0469
Shunichi ShibataDepartment of Maxillofacial Anatomy, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Masahito YamamotoDepartment of Anatomy, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9683-6678
Gen MurakamiSapporo Asuka Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Jose Francisco Rodríguez-VázquezDepartment of Anatomy and Human Embryology, Institute of Embryology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Jiangnan University · CNKeiyukai Sapporo Hospital · JPTokyo Dental College · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JPUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESWonkwang University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human nervus terminalis (terminal nerve) and the nerves to the vomeronasal organ (VNON) are both associated with the olfactory nerves and are of major interest to embryologists. However, there is still limited knowledge on their topographical anatomy in the nasal septum and on the number and distribution of ganglion cells along and near the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone. We observed serial or semiserial sections of 30 fetuses at 7-18 weeks (crown rump length [CRL], 25-160 mm). Calretinin and S100 protein staining demonstrated not only the terminal nerve along the anterior edge of the perpendicular lamina of the ethmoid, but also the VNON along the posterior edge of the lamina. The terminal nerve was composed of 1-2 nerve bundles that passed through the anterior end of the cribriform plate, whereas the VNON consisted of 2-3 bundles behind the olfactory nerves. The terminal nerve ran along and crossed the posterior side of the nasal branch of the anterior ethmoidal nerve. Multiple clusters of small ganglion cells were found on the lateral surfaces of the ethmoid's crista galli, which are likely the origin of both the terminal nerve and VNON. The ganglions along the crista galli were ball-like and 15-20 µm in diameter and, ranged from 40-153 in unilateral number according to our counting at 21-µm-interval except for one specimen (480 neurons; CRL, 137 mm). An effect of nerve degeneration with increasing age seemed to be masked by a remarkable individual difference.

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CalretininHuman embryoNervus terminalisOlfactory nerveVomeronasal organ

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PMCPMC6773908
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