Comparative electrophysiological, functional, and histological studies of nerve lesions in rats

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 508-519

  Wolthers, M ^a,b   Moldovan, M ^a,b   Binderup, T ^a   Schmalbruch, H ^a   Krarup, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAIT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 26844490965     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20156     Document Type: Article

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