Facial nerve repair and regeneration: An overview of basic principles for neurosurgeons

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-114

  Choi, D ^a   Dunn, L T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Neurotrophic factor; Regeneration; Repair

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MYELIN PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN 6; NEUROTROPHIN 7; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUBULIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SYNKINESIS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RATS;

EID: 0034945194     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170114     Document Type: Review

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