Lack of topographic specificity in nerve fiber regeneration of rat forelimb mixed nerves

Neuroscience

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 985-990

  Lee, J M ^a   Tos, P ^b   Raimondo, S ^a   Fornaro, M ^a   Papalia, I ^c   Geuna, S ^a   Giacobini Robecchi, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

axon regeneration; disector; motor function recovery; nerve repair; neurotropism; rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBER; FORELIMB; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33845781488     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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