A magnetic evaluation of peripheral nerve regeneration: I. The discrepancy between magnetic and histologic data from the proximal segment

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 739-749

  Kuypers, Paul D L ^a   Van Egeraat, Jan M ^a   Dudok V Heel, Michiel ^a   Van Briemen, Lourens J ^a   Godschalk, Moshe ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histologic axon count; Loss of functionality; Magnetic recording; Nerve regeneration; Proximal segment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; RABBITS;

EID: 0031811476     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199806)21:6<739::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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