Is Increased Voluntary Motor Activity Beneficial or Detrimental during the Period of Motor Nerve Regeneration/Reinnervation?

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-224

  Soucy, Martine ^a   Seburn, Kevin ^a   Gardiner, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axotomie; Denervation; Exercise; Motoneuron; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INJURY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL ROOT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030160626     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h96-018     Document Type: Article

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