Mapping of the Normal Human Corneal Sub-Basal Nerve Plexus by In Vivo Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy

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Abstract

This is the first study to elucidate the overall distribution of sub-basal nerves in the healthy, live central to mid-peripheral human cornea by laser scanning in vivo confocal microscopy. The whorl pattern of the sub-basal nerves is similar to that seen in the epithelium in corneal verticillata and may lend support to the theory that epithelial cells and nerves migrate centripetally in tandem.

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