The effect of age on peripheral motor nerve function after crush injury in the rat

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 775-777

  Belin, Bruce M ^a   Ball, Douglas J ^a   Langer, Jacob C ^a,b   Bridge, Peter M ^a   Hagberg, Patricia K ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve function; Peripheral nerve injury; Walking track analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 0029881963     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199605000-00016     Document Type: Article

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