www.endojournal.com.ar 540 Dental pulp is a highly vascularized and innervated tissue. The neural component of the pulp tissue consists of motor and sensory nerve fibers, the latter coming from the cranial nerve V; all stimuli that provoke these fibers will result in a painful sensation. Dental pulp tissue is not the only tissue with this characteristic. The eye cornea and the tympanic membrane...

Empirical evidence has revealed that the behavior of neural cells may be correlated with salient features of the host’s environment. On the assumption of there being an internal entity which treats such behavior as a stand-in for the relevant feature, it is possible to interpret the functional role of these cells in representational terms. But it is puzzling why they are often organized in arra...

Oxidative damage has been suggested as a potential mechanism for both atherosclerosis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease.' One report has noted a 2-5-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease among patients with Parkinson's disease,2 suggesting that a common genetic variant may contribute to both diseases. One such candidate genetic factor, the ApoE-E4 allele, is fo...