Prolonged target deprivation reduces the capacity of injured motoneurons to regenerate

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 723-732

  Furey, Matthew J ^a   Midha, Rajiv ^b,d   Xu, Qing Gui ^b,d   Belkas, Jason ^c   Gordon, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Motoneuron; Nerve injury; Prolonged axotomy; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34147212028     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255412.63184.CC     Document Type: Article

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