Effect of progesterone on recovery from nerve injury during leg lengthening in rats

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 830-835

  Hara, Yuki ^a   Ochiai, N ^a   Abe, I ^a,b   Ichimura, H ^a,c   Saijilafu, ^a   Nishiura, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN 0; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMYELINIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BONE LENGTHENING; MALE; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 34547530345     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B6.18569     Document Type: Article

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