Use of a static magnetic field to promote recovery after peripheral nerve injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 610-615

  Kelleher, Michael O ^a   Al Abri, Rashid K ^b   Lenihan, David V ^b   Glasby, Michael A ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Nerve regeneration; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLASS; MAGNETICS; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SHEEP;

EID: 33749525002     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.4.610     Document Type: Article

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