Nimodipine accelerates axonal sprouting after surgical repair of rat facial nerve

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1041-1048

  Angelov, Doychin N ^a   Neiss, Wolfram F ^a   Streppel, Michael ^a   Andermahr, Jonas ^a   Mader, Konrad ^a   Stennert, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

axonal regrowth; axotomy; facial nerve; horseradish peroxidase; motoneuron; neuron number; nimodipine; rat; retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NIMODIPINE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029962344     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01041.1996     Document Type: Article

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