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      Exploring somatosensory innervation of the human lip: A focus on the vermilion (2024) 

      Martín-Cruces, José; Martín-Biedma, Benjamín; García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cuendias, Patricia; Gaite, Juan J.; García-Suárez, Olivia; Cobo, Juan L.; Vega, José A. (Elsevier GmbH, 2023)
      Background: The lips are a vital component of the face and are densely innervated to perform various functions. The lip edges are covered with mucocutaneous tissue called vermilion which is particularly receptive to touch ...
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      Pacinian Corpuscles as a Diagnostic Clue of Ledderhose Disease—A Case Report and Mapping of Pacinian Corpuscles of the Sole (2024) 

      Feito, Jorge; Esteban, Ruth; García-Martínez, María Lourdes; García-Alonso, Francisco J.; Rodríguez-Martín, Raquel; Rivas-Marcos, María Belén; Cobo, Juan L.; Martín-Biedma, Benjamín; Lahoz, Manuel; Vega, José A. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022)
      Background: Plantar fibromatosis, known as Ledderhose disease, is a neoplastic disease characterized by a locally-aggressive bland fibroblastic proliferation. Although Pacinian corpuscles alterations are commonly described ...
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      Proprioceptive innervation of the human lips (2024) 

      Martín-Cruces, José; Cuendias, Patricia; García-Mesa, Yolanda; Cobo, Juan L.; García-Suárez, Olivia; Gaite, Juan J.; Vega, José A.; Martín-Biedma, Benjamín (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024)
      The objective of this study was to analyze the proprioceptive innervation of human lips, especially of the orbicularis oris muscle, since it is classically accepted that facial muscles lack typical proprioceptors, that is, ...
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      Sensory innervation of the human palmar aponeurosis in healthy individuals and patients with palmar fibromatosis (2024) 

      García-Martínez, Irene; García-Mesa, Yolanda; García-Piqueras, Jorge; Martínez-Pubil, Antonio; Cobo, Juan L.; Feito, Jorge; García-Suárez, Olivia; Vega, José A. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)
      The human palmar aponeurosis is involved in hand proprioception, and it contains different sensory corpuscle morphotypes that serve this role. In palmar fibromatosis (classically referred to as Dupuytren's disease), the ...