Recovery of cutaneous pain sensitivity after end-to-side nerve repair in the rat

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 857-862

  Kovačič, Uroš ^a   Bajrović, Fajko ^a   Sketelj, Janez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Collateral sprouting; Peripheral nerve; Rat; Surgically created end to side nerve communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0343415086     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.5.0857     Document Type: Article

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