Differential response of sensory and motor axons in nerve allografts after withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 102-110

  Midha, R ^a   Nag, S ^a   Munro, C A ^a   Ang, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Dorsal root ganglion; Nerve transplantation; Peripheral nerve; Rat; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0034859225     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.94.1.0102     Document Type: Article

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