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. 2000 Mar;24(1):1–4. doi: 10.1007/s002640050001

Nerve distribution to the human knee joint: anatomical and immunohistochemical study

Y Hirasawa 1, S Okajima 1, M Ohta 1, T Tokioka 2
PMCID: PMC3619852  PMID: 10774852

Summary 

The nerve distribution to the knee joints was analyzed in 5 cadavers and 10 joint capsules specimens were resected during total knee arthroplasty. We found nerve fibers immunoreactive for anti-substance P antibody in the articular capsule. By confocal laser scanning microscopy, we evaluated the three-dimensional structures of the Ruffini’s corpuscles and the free nerve endings, both of which were immunoreactive for anti-protein gene product 9.5.

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Accepted: 6 January 2000


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