Directly applied low intensity direct electric current enhances peripheral nerve regeneration in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Mendonça, Adriana Clemente ^a   Barbieri, Cláudio Henrique ^a   Mazzer, Nilton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crush injury; Low intensity electric stimulation; Morphometry; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Sciatic functional index; Sciatic nerve of rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH SYNDROME; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0141609014     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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