Collateral sprouting of cutaneous nerves in man

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2063-2072

  Healy, Ciaran ^a,c   Lequesne, Pamela M ^a   Lynn, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collateral sprouting; Cutaneous nerve injury; Sensory recovery; Sweating (recovery of)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NERVE; SWEATING; TOUCH; WARMING;

EID: 0030464920     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.6.2063     Document Type: Article

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