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Identification of Elastic Fibres in the Peripheral Nerve

P. L. TASSLER
A. L. DELLON
C. CANOUN

From Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, and Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Correspondence: A. Lee Dellon, MD, Suite 104, 3901 Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21211. USA.

Traditional histological staining techniques, as well as elastin-specific antibodies and electron microscopy, have been used to assess the distribution of elastin within the peripheral nerve. The location of the elastin identified by the VerHoeff-VanGiesen or Weigert stains has been shown to coincide with the unambiguous identilication of elastin by immunospecific stains and electron microscopy. Elastin is located in all three connective layers of the peripheral nerve. Thick elastic fibres, consisting of amorphous elastiu protein and microfibrils, are located consistently in the perineurium and, to a lesser extent, in the epineurium. The endoneurium contains small collections of elastic fibres widely distributed between the axons. Compared with collagen, the overall content of elastin, however, is small, suggesting that the visco-elastic properties of peripheral nerve may be due primarily to collagen.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 19, No. 1, 48-54 (1994)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(94)90049-3
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