Vol. 21 (5) 2000 Neuro endocrinology letters

Evidence for a neuroimmunomodulatory and a hematopoietic role of the Luschka's coccygeal body(3).

: OBJECTIVES: In humans the glomus coccygeus was described in 1860 by Luschka. It is present at the coccyx tip and corresponds to a complex anastomosis between the median sacral artery and vein, and it is innervated by sympathetic fibers. In rats and mice it has been located in the tail ventral face. Its function is not known. According.....