Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy reveals neuronal-epithelial cell fusion in the mouse cornea.

The cornea is the most highly innervated tissue in the body. It is generally accepted that corneal stromal nerves penetrate the epithelial basal lamina giving rise to intra-epithelial nerves. During the course of a study wherein we imaged corneal nerves in mice, we observed a novel neuronal-epitheli...

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Main Authors: Justin A Courson, Ian Smith, Thao Do, Paul T Landry, Aubrey Hargrave, Ali R Behzad, Sam D Hanlon, Rolando E Rumbaut, C Wayne Smith, Alan R Burns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224434