An experimental study of nerve grafting combined with silicone tubes in the rat model: Functional outcome and specificity of muscle reinnervation

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Papaloïzos, Michaël Y ^a,b,d   Holmquist, Björn ^c   Lundborg, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Graft; Muscle; Peripheral nerve; Regeneration; Specificity; Tube

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031437634     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/rnn-1997-11306     Document Type: Article

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