Prolonged injury discharge in unmyelinated nerve fibres following transection of the sural nerve in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Blenk, K H ^a   Janig W ^a   Michaelis, M ^a   Vogel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

A fibres; C fibres; Injury discharge; Peripheral nerve injury; Rat; Skin nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030582420     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12994-3     Document Type: Article

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