Regenerative process of the facial nerve: Rate of regeneration of fibers and their bifurcations

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-143

  Kamijo, Y ^a   Koyama, J ^a   Oikawa, S ^a   Koizumi, Y ^a   Yokouchi, K ^a   Fukushima, N ^a   Moriizumi, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial nucleus; Fluorescent tracer; Motoneuron; Mouse; Nerve crush; Nerve transection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038629178     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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