Lack of topographical specificity in peripheral nerve regeneration in rats

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-185

  Iwabuchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Maki, Yutaka ^a,b   Yoshizu, Takac ^a   Narisawa, Hiroko ^a  

^a Niigata Hand Surgery Foundation   (Japan)

^b Niigata Hand Surgery Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

End organ; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve; Selective regeneration; Topographic specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032792503     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159433     Document Type: Article

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