The histopathological and electron-microscopic examination of the stereotactic pulsed radiofrequency and conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation lesions in rat brain

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 841-844

  Tun, Kagan ^a,d   Savas, Ali ^a   Sargon, Mustafa F ^b   Solaroglu, Ihsan ^c   Kanpolat, Yucel ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electron microscope; Light microscope; Pulsed RF; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE PAIN; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; STEREOTACTIC PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY; TECHNIQUE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; RATS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33845411537     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X110409     Document Type: Article

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