Motoneuron survival after C7 nerve root avulsion and replantation in the adult rabbit: Effects of local ciliary neurotrophic factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor application

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2042-2050

  Lang, Eva M ^a   Asan, Esther ^b   Plesnila, Nikolaus ^b   Hofmann, Gunther O ^b   Sendtner, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MOTOR NEURONS; RABBITS; RADICULOPATHY; REGENERATION; REPLANTATION;

EID: 20044379421     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000163328.51271.DD     Document Type: Article

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