Nerve conduction and microanatomy in the rabbit sciatic nerve after gradual limb lengthening - Distraction neurogenesis

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-43

  Yokota, Atsushi ^a   Doi, Munekazu ^a   Ohtsuka, Hisashi ^a   Abe, Muneaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY;

DISTRACTION NEUROGENESIS;

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANVIER NODE; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE LENGTHENING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RABBITS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0037255412     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(02)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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