Re-innervation of muscles after nerve injury in neonates

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Naidu, Murali D K ^a   Subramaniam, Krishnan ^a   Vrbová, Gerta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motor endplate; Muscle; Nerve crush; Polyneuronal innervation; Re innervation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030014073     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/rnn-1996-10105     Document Type: Article

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