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Based on the obtained morphological and neurochemical evidence, at the moment three essentially different types of mechanoreceptors are described in lungs, sharing a nearly identical neurochemical coding and arising from myelinated nerve fibres. Although these three types of sensory nerve terminals in lungs reveal a somewhat different morphology, location and origin, it may be hypothesised that they share complementary mechanosensory roles in supporting normal lung function.
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Brouns, I., Pintelon, I., Timmermans, JP., Adriaensen, D. (2012). Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects. In: Novel Insights in the Neurochemistry and Function of Pulmonary Sensory Receptors. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 211. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22772-1_7
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