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Figure 5

From: Differential expression of the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 and related novel receptors TRPV3, TRPV4 and TRPM8 in normal human tissues and changes in traumatic and diabetic neuropathy

Figure 5

TRPV1 in hypersensitive skin. TRPV1-immunoreactive fibres in: thenar eminence (A, B) from a patient with partial damage to C6 and complete avulsion of C7-T1 and hypo-sensitive skin (C) from the ulnar border of his distal forearm; normal skin (D); painful peripheral neuroma (E) and nerve proximal to an area of painful scar neuritis (F); TRPM8-immunoreactive fibres in the sub-epidermis of hypersensitive (G) but not in hyposensitive skin (H). Scale bar = 25 μm A, B, D, G, H; 50 μm E, F; 100 μm C.

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