Degeneration and regeneration in rabbit peripheral nerve with long-term nerve cuff electrode implant: A stereological study of myelinated and unmyelinated axons

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-378

  Larsen, Jytte Overgaard ^a,b,c   Thomsen, Morten ^b   Haugland, Morten ^b   Sinkjær, Thomas ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Nerve cuff electrodes; Regeneration; Stereology; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANT; KNEE; MOTONEURON; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STEREOLOGY; TIBIA;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031659840     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050907     Document Type: Article

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