Reactive changes in dorsal roots and dorsal root ganglia after C7 dorsal rhizotomy and ventral root avulsion/replantation in rabbits

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-351

  Schlegel, N ^a   Asan, E ^a   Hofmann, G O ^b   Lang, Eva M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal rhizotomy; Dorsal root and ganglia changes; Ventral root avulsion; Ventral root replantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBRIN GLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REIMPLANTATION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBITS; REPLANTATION; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33847416654     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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