Variation in nerve autograft length increases fibre misdirection and decreases pruning effectiveness. An experimental study in the rat median nerve

Neurological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 657-665

  Bertelli, J A ^a,b,d   Taleb, M ^c   Mira, J C ^c   Ghizoni, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Muscle reinnervation; Nerve grafts; Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ULNAR NERVE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZOFURANS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 24144497418     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X18494     Document Type: Article

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