Role of the trigeminal nerve in regrowth of hypoglossal motoneurons after hypoglossal-facial anastomosis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1334-1338

  Mameli, Ombretta ^a,e   Pellitteri, Rosalia ^b   Russo, Antonella ^c   Stanzani, Stefania ^c   Caria, Marcello Alessandro ^a   De Riu, Pier Luigi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Institute of Human Physiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dil; Facial re innervation; HRP; Hypoglossal neurons; Hypoglossal facial anastomosis; Infraorbital nerve; Rat; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MUSCLE; HYPOGLOSSAL FACIAL ANASTOMOSIS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33751079095     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600801332     Document Type: Article

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