Pre-degenerated nerve shows enhanced regeneration after incremental elongation in rats

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-193

  Hara, Yuki ^a   Tsujino, Akihito ^a   Abe, Ichiro ^a   Ichimura, Harumitsu ^a   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nerve elongation; Peripheral nerve injury; Rat sciatic nerve; Regeneration; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEG LENGTH; LEG LENGTHENING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0346399762     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(03)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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