This is the first study to show the presence of nerve fibers in eutopic baboon endometrium and induced deep endometriotic nodules. Long-term studies are now warranted to determine if nerves still grow in invasive and noninvasive lesions >6 months after grafting, and to evaluate the role of the lesion environment.
Donnez, O., Soares, M., Defrere, S., Dehoux, J.-P., Van Langendonckt, A., Donnez, J., Dolmans, M.-M., & Colette, S. (2013). Nerve fiber density in deep nodular endometriotic lesions induced in a baboon experimental model. Fertility and sterility, 100(4), 1144-1150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.06.014 (Original work published 2013)