Health & Medicinearticle2026-08-09

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

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Abstract

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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View paper (DOI)Open access versionOpenAlexInternational Forum of Allergy & RhinologyPublished 2026-08-09

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

Institutions: Wayne State University, Michigan State University, Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Health System