Nimodipine improves reinnervation and neuromuscular function after injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the rat

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 623-630

  Hydman, Jonas ^a,b   Remahl, Sten ^a   Björck, Gunnar ^b   Svensson, Mikael ^a   Mattsson, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Misdirected reinnervation; Motor end plate; Peripheral nerve injury; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LARYNX INJURY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE;

EID: 34548277427     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600811     Document Type: Article

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