Local administration of thyroid hormones in silicone chamber increases regeneration of rat transected sciatic nerve

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-81

  Voinesco, F ^a   Glauser, L ^a   Kraftsik, R ^a   Barakat Walter, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron microscopic; Immunocytochemistry; Morphometric studies; Rat sciatic nerve; Regeneration chamber; T3 local treatment; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; SILICONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032031808     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6732     Document Type: Article

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