The end-to-side peripheral nerve repair: Functional and morphometric study using the peroneal nerve of rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  De Sa J M R ^a   Mazzer, N ^a   Barbieri, C H ^a   Barreira, A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Departments of Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

End to end repair; End to side repair; Morphometry; Peroneal nerve; Rat; Sciatic functional index

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION STUMP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 2342597834     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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