Reinnervation of avulsed and reimplanted ventral rootlets in the cervical spinal cord of the cat

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 234-243

  Hoffmann, Carel F E ^a,b   Marani, Enrico ^a   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a   Kamp, Wim V D ^a   Thomeer, Ralph T W M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

avulsion; cat; electrophysiology; horseradish peroxidase tracing; regeneration; reimplantation; ventral root

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CAT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REINNERVATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL ROOT; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0030026068     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.2.0234     Document Type: Article

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