DOI: 10.1002/alr.70234 ISSN: 2042-6976

Autonomic Nerve Fiber Compositions of Zygomaticotemporal and Lacrimal Nerves: A Cadaveric Immunohistochemical Analysis

Bushra Rahman, Hangil Lee, Kelly A. Shaftel, Abdurrahman Abdurrob, Yusra Mansour, Swapna Vemuri, Jun Jin, Jack P. Rock, John R. Craig

Key Points

Zygomaticotemporal (ZTN) and lacrimal nerves (LN) both carried sympathetics and parasympathetics

ZTNs had more parasympathetics than LNs, but markers varied significantly within and between nerves

LN parasympathetics to the lacrimal gland may mitigate dry eye after vidian neurectomy

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