Acidic FGF enhances functional regeneration of adult dorsal roots

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1937-1943

  Lee, Liang Ming ^a   Huang, Ming Chao ^b,c,d   Chuang, Tien Yow ^b   Lee, Liang Shong ^b,c   Cheng, Henrich ^b,c   Lee, I Hui ^e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidic fibroblast growth factor; Dorsal root injury; Peripheral nerve graft; Regeneration; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL ROOT; WAVEFORM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0842346120     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.09.043     Document Type: Article

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