Manual stimulation of facial muscles improves functional recovery after hypoglossal-facial anastomosis and interpositional nerve grafting of the facial nerve in adult rats

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a   Hundeshagen, Gregor ^b   Paling, Thomas ^b   Streppel, Michael ^b   Grosheva, Maria ^b   Irintchev, Andrey ^c   Skouras, Emmanouil ^b   Alvanou, Athanasia ^d   Angelova, Srebrina K ^b   Kuerten, Stefanie ^b   Sinis, Nektarios ^e   Dunlop, Sarah A ^f   Angelov, Doychin N ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Facial muscles; Facial nerve; Motoneuron; Motor end plates; Polyinnervation; Surgical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 34548812560     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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