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The permanent pedicles and growing velvet antlers of deer are richly supplied with nerves. Wislocki & Singer (1946) pointed out that antler nerves were collaterals of nerve fibers from the pedicles, which were destroyed and regrown annually. This means that regenerating nerve fibers grow at up to 1 cm/day in red deer stags during the most active period of antler development.
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Suttie, J.M. (1990). Experimental Manipulation of the Neural Control of Antler Growth. In: Bubenik, G.A., Bubenik, A.B. (eds) Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8966-8_12
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