Electromagnetic field treatment of nerve crush injury in a rat model: Effect of signal configuration on functional recovery

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-263

  Walker, Janet L ^a,b,g   Kryscio, Richard ^c   Smith, Jennifer ^d   Pilla, Arthur ^e,f   Sisken, Betty F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonotmesis; Footprint analysis; Nerve regeneration; Therapeutic EMF

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; RATS; TISSUE;

'CURRENT; AXONOTMESIS; FIELD TREATMENTS; FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS; IN-VITRO; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; MODELING EFFECTS; NERVE REGENERATION; RAT MODEL; THERAPEUTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HINDLIMB; IMAGING; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 34249062630     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20302     Document Type: Article

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