Pregabalin does not impact peripheral nerve regeneration after crush injury

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 263-268

  Whitlock, Elizabeth L ^a   Moradzadeh, Arash ^a   Hunter, Daniel A ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crush injury; Neuroregeneration; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

PREGABALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CRUSH SYNDROME; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 34848848742     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985207     Document Type: Article

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