Reinnervation of the tibialis anterior following sciatic nerve crush injury: A confocal microscopic study in transgenic mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-74

  Magill, Christina K ^a   Tong, Alice ^a   Kawamura, David ^a   Hayashi, Ayato ^a   Hunter, Daniel A ^a   Parsadanian, Alexander ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a   Myckatyn, Terence M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophore; Motor endplate; Sciatic nerve crush; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548258722     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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