Aging delays the regeneration process following sciatic nerve injury in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 885-894

  Wang, Yong Jun ^a   Zhou, Chong Jian ^a   Shi, Qi ^a   Smith, Nathan ^b   Li, Tian Fang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Confocal microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Nerve regeneration; Neuromuscular junctions; Protein gene product 9.5; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINNERVATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GROWTH CONES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TIME FACTORS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 34249092289     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0156     Document Type: Article

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