Contributing factors to poor functional recovery after delayed nerve repair: Prolonged axotomy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5 II, 1995, Pages 3876-3885

  Fu, Susan Y ^a   Gordon, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

branching; innervation ratio; long term axotomy; motor units; regeneration; reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0029009006     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-05-03876.1995     Document Type: Article

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