Functional recovery after transection of the sciatic nerve at an early age: A pilot study in rats

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-379

  Meek, Marcel F ^a   Ijkema Paassen, Jos ^a   Gramsbergen, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REINNERVATION; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 34248348298     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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