Neuropathology and blood flow of nerve, spinal roots and dorsal root ganglia in longstanding diabetic rats

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-128

  Sasaki, Hideyuki ^a   Schmelzer, James D ^a   Zollman, Paula J ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Dorsal root ganglion; F wave; Myelinopathy; Spinal root

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; MYELIN; PHENAZONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; CELL VACUOLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIA; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; VENTRAL ROOT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031018374     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050592     Document Type: Article

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