Morphological studies on crushed sciatic nerve of rabbits with electroacupuncture or diclofenac sodium treatment

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 663-669

  La, Jie Lian ^a   Jalali, Samina ^b   Shami, S A ^b  

^a China Acupuncture Center   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Crushed sciatic nerve; Diclofenac sodium; Electroacupuncture; Morphological study; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANFENAX; DICLOFENAC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; RABBITS; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 23944453642     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X05003259     Document Type: Article

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