Changes in Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber and Langerhans Cell Densities in the Plantar Skin of Rats After Mercuric Chloride Exposure

November 2017 in “ Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System ”

Binbin Sun, Shuangyi Fan, Kai Yao, Yifan Li, Xusheng Huang

mercuric chloride intraepidermal nerve fibers Langerhans cells hair loss thermal hypersensitivity mechanical hyposensitivity mercury poisoning HgCl2 nerve fibers LCs

Studysummary This study found that mercury chloride administration in rats led to decreased intraepidermal nerve fibers and increased Langerhans cells, suggesting small nerve fiber damage after mercury poisoning.

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