Morphological evidence of collateral sprouting of intact afferent and motor axons of the rat ulnar nerve demonstrated by one type of tracer molecule

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-234

  Kubek, T ^a   Kyr M ^b   Haninec, P ^b   Samal F ^b   Dubovv́y, Petr ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

End to side anastomosis; Nerve reconstruction; Retrograde labeling; Tracers

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 3042818400     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80008-6     Document Type: Article

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