Experimental surgery in spinal cord lesions by connecting upper motoneurons directly to peripheral targets

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-118

  Brunelli, Giorgio A ^a,c   Brunelli, Giovanni R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b 2nd Div Orthopedics Traumatology   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central motoneuron elongation; CNS axonal regrowth; CNS PNS connection; Paraplegia; Spinal cord repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INNERVATION; MACACA; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PARAPLEGIA; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PARAPLEGIA; PERONEAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0030307684     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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