Assessment of effects of pinealectomy and exogenous melatonin administration on rat sciatic nerve suture repair: An electrophysiological, electron microscopic, and immunohistochemical study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-77

  Turgut, M ^a,c   Uysal, A ^b   Pehlivan, M ^b   Oktem G ^b   Yurtseven, M E ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Cumhuriyet Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collagen; Immunohistochemistry; Melatonin; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve; Pinealectomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE SUTURE; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; MALE; MELATONIN; NERVE REGENERATION; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 12444333571     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0426-x     Document Type: Article

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