In vitro frog sciatic nerve as a peripheral nerve model for studies of the mechanism of action of low energy lasers: Part one

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-41

  Ebert, Daniel W ^a   Roberts, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 270 Bevis Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biostimulation; HeNe laser; Low intensity laser therapy; Repeated measures linear regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; FROG; HELIUM NEON LASER; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RANA CATESBEIANA; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030848272     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:1<32::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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