... supplied epi- but not endoneurial arteries and arterioles, and ran freely in the endoneurial space. Axons immunoreactive to vasoactive intestinal peptide innervated epineurial blood vessels of the facial and vagus nerve but were absent from the vasa nervorum of the sciatic nerve. The findings are in line...

...M.L. Mackenzie; G. Allf Studies on the vasa nervorum have a long history, not least because of their beneficial applicationin surgical practice and in understanding the pathogenesis of some neuropathies. In the present study a method is described for the preparation of microcorrosion casts...